Definition of "plier" []

• One who plies a trade. (noun)
• A variously shaped hand tool having a pair of pivoted jaws, used for holding, bending, or cutting. (noun)

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• "LEE: Found in the plier, of course, that's of some significance, but you cannot say the plier is the murder weapon."
• "There are some that are strap wrenches, some that look like big socket wrenches, and some are a specialty plier type."
• "But my tool set for working on the car is a 384 piece box set and not a bag of multi-tools where parts of the screw driver are missing, the plier turns into a sloppy wire-cutter and what not!"