nail scissors

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noun (usually used with a plural verb)

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

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Origin of nail scissors

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby nail scissors

nail file, nailhead, nailing strip, nail in one's coffin, nail polish, nail scissors, nail set, nail-sick, nail technician, nail up, nail varnish

How to use nail scissors in a sentence

The nail file and nail scissors must be used as often as possible.
The Complete Bachelor|Walter Germain
She took a nail scissors, clipped out the 'My God' and showed the rest of the letter all over school.
This Side of Paradise|F. Scott Fitzgerald
A touch of the hairbrush was necessary, and for his hands the file of the nail-scissors.
Mammon and Co.|E. F. Benson
Lacking this, she trundled home with all speed, and began cutting out roses with swift and certain strokes of the nail-scissors.
Miss Mapp|Edward Frederic Benson

Then I took scissors, short-nail scissors, and I cut its throat with three slits, quite gently.
Original Short Stories, Volume 11 (of 13)|Guy de Maupassant