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Pliers   /plˈaɪərz/   Listen
Pliers

noun
1.
A gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws.  Synonyms: pair of pliers, plyers.



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"Pliers" Quotes from Famous Books



... slid a pair of pliers into his pocket and, wringing the board clear of its fastenings, lowered ...
— Berry And Co. • Dornford Yates

... she insisted that that was all. The tramp stepped into the kitchen. A wood fire was burning in the stove. A pair of pliers lay upon the window sill. With these he lifted one of the hot stove-hole covers and returned to ...
— The Mucker • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... do something pretty soon they'll so fasten this crime on Jimmie Darcy that you'll never be able to get him out of the tangle," said Mr. Kettridge, as he poked a pair of pliers among the parts of the watch. "Carroll and Thong, now that they know about the electrical wires, think they have all the evidence they need, and the prosecutor ...
— The Diamond Cross Mystery - Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story • Chester K. Steele



Words linked to "Pliers" :   plural, plural form, hand tool, locking pliers, compound lever, jaw



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