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shears

noun as in cutters

noun as in cutting instrument

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Appearing with a shaved head, Alcaraz said his brother had a mishap with the shears when giving him a trim, leaving him no choice but to opt for a buzz-cut.

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US court papers reveal how, in late April 1989, he broke into his neighbour's bungalow one night, wearing a mask and armed with a knife and a pair of garden shears.

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She encounters elves fixing the trashed house, models playing Twister in high heels, Jesus opening a fridge to check for food and a woman destroying a Christmas tree with garden shears.

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That means buying fresh lobsters from your local market, boiling them and using kitchen shears to slice their shells from head to tail.

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"I get the sheep shears on it for a mullet," she said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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