nose-nippers

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Noun

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nose-nippers

  1. plural of nose-nipper
  2. pince-nez
    • 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page v. 29:
      He saw the old man lift his head from some writing so sharp that his nose-nippers fell off...

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