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Pinchers   Listen
noun
Pinchers  n. pl.  An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc. Note: This spelling is preferable to pincers, both on account of its derivation from the English pinch, and because it represents the common pronunciation.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Pinchers" Quotes from Famous Books



... a shelf, and the mortar too came rolling down on him from the roof of the porch, and broke his back and so weakened him that he was unable to rise up. Then out came the crabs in a crowd and brandishing on high their pinchers they ...
— Battle of the Monkey & the Crab • Anonymous



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