nail clippers

Also known as nail cutter, nail trimmer

tool for trimming toe or finger nails

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Encyclopedic overview

A variety of nail clippers; the clipper on the left is in the plier style; the centre and right clippers are in the compound lever style A nail clipper (also called nail clippers, a nail trimmer, a nail cutter or nipper type) is a hand tool used to trim nails and hangnails.

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