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clipper

[klip-er] / ˈklɪp ər /
NOUN
vessel
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The virus is spread through blood or other body fluids and can be contracted through something as innocuous as sharing a nail clipper or toothbrush, doctors say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Rather than use a shared clipper, Bernoudy said, he would “wait until the shower, and I’d just peel my own toenails off.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

At night his tiny barber shop is a beacon of power with a TV playing music videos, strings of Christmas lights and the buzz of his hair clipper.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

At a time when cruise lines are packing their ever-more-gargantuan ships with water parks and basketball courts, the 136-passenger Sea Cloud Spirit, with its old-fashioned clipper design and wooden decks, stands out.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

The gardener was still holding a clipper in one hand as he was drinking tea and chatting with a few other men.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed




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