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Definition of "nail-scissors" [nail-scissors]

  • Scissors, generally with curved blades, designed to be used in cutting the finger-nails.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "nail-scissors" in a sentence
  • "The following suggestions are less cinematically apocalyptic, but still better than a home that can be forcibly entered with a pair of nail-scissors:"
  • "Asking "how can we keep sharps off airplanes" leads to confiscation of nail-scissors; while asking "how can we keep terrorists from overpowering pilots" leads to reinforced cockpit doors."
  • "The first-person saga of a man who fixed his own botched circumcision while at college, using a nail-scissors and ice-cubes."