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Meanings of pair of scissors in English

Portuguese
tesoura
Catalan
tisores

A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.

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        tesoura
        Usage of pair of scissors in English
        1
        In the first place, it looks like an ordinary pair of scissors.
        The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20...
        2
        Last year, a student stabbed another child with a pair of scissors.
        Radio NZ
        3
        A resident holds a pair of scissors while undertaking an unknown task.
        The Guardian
        4
        He held out a pair of scissors and a clamp to Matthew.
        The Book of Life
        5
        Suddenly he saw Maria take from her ring a pair of scissors.
        Philippine Folk-Tales
        6
        With my body, I hid the pair of scissors I was holding.
        Sister Mine
        7
        They had been cut off smoothly, as with a pair of scissors.
        The Guardian Angel
        8
        He found a pair of scissors and a roll of surgical tape.
        Naughty neighbor
        9
        You see my bill is very much like a pair of scissors.
        The Burgess Bird Book for Children
        10
        The wick needs trimming, there's a big pair of scissors near it.
        East of the sun
        11
        It looked like a pair of scissors but with just one handle.
        The Guardian
        12
        Might a' been a pair of scissors, they was that close together.
        The Tides of Barnegat
        13
        A neighbouring pair of scissors snips a kiss in your direction.
        The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2
        14
        She grasped a pair of scissors greedily and stabbed the air with them.
        An Unsocial Socialist
        15
        The poker is then able to support a pair of scissors.
        The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) / A Plain Story Simply Tol...
        16
        Between thumb and forefinger he idly swung a pair of scissors.
        Australia Felix
        Translations for pair of scissors
        Portuguese
        tesouratesouras
        Catalan
        tisores