nail scissors

noun (usually used with a plural verb)

small scissors with short curved blades for trimming the fingernails or toenails.

Origin of nail scissors

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby nail scissors

nailing strip, nail in one's coffin, nail-patella syndrome, nail pit, nail polish, nail scissors, nail set, nail-sick, nail skin, nail technician, nail up

Example sentences from the Web for nail scissors

Beside seven broken pairs of nail-scissors was a scent-bottle with golden stopper.
Carnival|Compton Mackenzie
One man had a pair of nail-scissors, and with this very awkward instrument I proceeded to operate.
At Suvla Bay|John Hargrave
Oh, I jabbed him in the eye with a pair of nail-scissors, and he went away!
The Girl on the Boat|Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
A touch of the hairbrush was necessary, and for his hands the file of the nail-scissors.
Mammon and Co.|E. F. Benson

It was a particularly sacred pair of nail-scissors that almost everything blunted.
Christopher and Columbus|Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim

单词	nail scissors
释义	nail scissors noun (usually used with a plural verb) small scissors with short curved blades for trimming the fingernails or toenails. Origin of nail scissors First recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby nail scissors nailing strip, nail in one's coffin, nail-patella syndrome, nail pit, nail polish, nail scissors, nail set, nail-sick, nail skin, nail technician, nail up Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nail scissors Beside seven broken pairs of nail-scissors was a scent-bottle with golden stopper. Carnival\|Compton Mackenzie One man had a pair of nail-scissors, and with this very awkward instrument I proceeded to operate. At Suvla Bay\|John Hargrave Oh, I jabbed him in the eye with a pair of nail-scissors, and he went away! The Girl on the Boat\|Pelham Grenville Wodehouse A touch of the hairbrush was necessary, and for his hands the file of the nail-scissors. Mammon and Co.\|E. F. Benson It was a particularly sacred pair of nail-scissors that almost everything blunted. Christopher and Columbus\|Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim
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