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Webster 1913 Edition

Pinchers

Pinch′ers

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Noun.
pl.
[From
Pinch
.]
An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; – used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc.
☞ This spelling is preferable to pincers, both on account of its derivation from the English pinch, and because it represents the common pronunciation.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pinchers

PINCH'ERS

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Noun.
plu.
[from pinch, not from the French pincette.]
An instrument for drawing nails from boards and the like, or for griping things to be held fast.

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