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A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.

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  1. n. pl. A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.
  2. n. a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws
  3. A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.
  4. A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending orcutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as theparts of a watch, etc.
  5. n:100 n. a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws