pruner

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You can also check out your local hardware store for Corona Tools’ BP13630, a.k.a. the Yard Essentials pocket pruner.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

Then use a hand pruner for small jobs or a string trimmer or hedge clipper for larger plantings.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Newhouse maneuvered an extendable pole pruner around a branch; with a pull of a string, the blade snapped shut, and the bag fell.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020

"He was nice but he was depressed," said Eugene Hernandez, a tree pruner staying at the shelter.

From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2015

One is, however, led to suppose that the great executioner of imperial reputations was a mighty pruner, in his day, of the "many, too many" words.

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by Powys, John Cowper