tin snips

See also: tinsnips

English

Tin snips

Alternative forms

• tinsnips

Noun

tin snips pl (plural only)

1. Large, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal.
   • 1934 August 30, “A Fast-Moving Narrative”, in New York Times, Books Section, p. 21:

     My husband spent the next day inside the plane, cutting out an unused gasoline tank, piece by piece, with tin snips.

   • 1957 May 4, “Curved-Blade Snips”, in Calgary Herald, Canada, retrieved 28 June 2012, page 23:

     If you plan to do much work sheet metal, a pair of curved-blade tin snips will save wear and tear on your nerves in the long run.

   • 2004 October 24, Tim Carter, “Ask the Builder”, in Telegraph Herald, Iowa, USA, retrieved 28 June 2012, page 5E:

     This bend eliminates unsightly waviness that often develops as you cut the copper with a tin snips.

Synonyms

• tinner snips
• tinner's snips

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: tisores de xapa f pl, tisores de llauna f pl
• Dutch: blikschaar f
• Finnish: peltisakset (fi)
• French: cisailles (fr) f pl, cisaille à tole f
• German: Blechschere (de) f
• Italian: cesoia f, cesoie (it) f pl, cesoie per lamiera f pl
• Portuguese: tesoura corta chapa f, tesouras corta chapa f pl, cisalha f pl
• Russian: но́жницы для ре́зки листово́го мета́лла f pl (nóžnicy dlja rézki listovóvo metálla)
• Spanish: tijeras de hojalatero f pl, tijeras cortachapas f pl, cizalla (es) f
• Swedish: plåtsax

References

• “tin snips”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• snips on Wikipedia.Wikipedia