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Meanings of parer in inglês

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A device used to sharpen pencils by shaving the wood at one end.

      A small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables.

            Sinônimos
            Examples for "paring knife"
            Examples for "paring knife"
            1
            Then I slipped a paring knife into my sleeve, just in case.
            The Storyteller
            2
            And a paring knife was, in fact, missing from my cutlery block.
            Desert places: a novel of terror
            3
            And all she had in the house was this dinky paring knife.
            Four to score
            4
            The shoemaker sprang to his feet and caught up his paring knife.
            Robert Falconer
            5
            Use a paring knife to peel away any stubborn bits of skin.
            The South African
            Usage of parer in inglês
            1
            It is derived from the French parer to parry, and chute a fall.
            The Mastery of the Air
            2
            It's about time you learnt your mistake, you old cheese-parer!
            Will Warburton
            3
            Guy said "Thank you" and began to turn the parer eagerly.
            Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
            4
            The countess remained looking at the parer for a time, then she raised her tearful eyes to the face of the empress.
            Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
            5
            No better nut-crackers and fruit-parers could possibly be found.
            Science in Arcady
            6
            Nowadays they,'re only cheese-parers, that's what I call 'em.
            Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919
            7
            I've been puttering around inventing new magnetos, potato-parers and the like, but this is my latest hobby.
            Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon; Or, The Longest Shots on Record
            8
            It is called 'The Intellectual Peach Parer.'
            What Katy Did at School
            9
            Historical Society's exhibition of apple parers.
            The new yorker
            10
            We equipped them with apple parers, corers and slicers and set them to work in the basement of the haymaker.
            A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
            11
            They also had stone hoes and spades, while the women used short pickers or parers about a foot long and five inches wide.
            The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America
            12
            Mr. Charles Lamed Robinson, a member of the Union League, had collected parers as a hobby, and gave twenty of them to the Society.
            The new yorker
            Frequent collocations
            Parer through the time