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Word entry · 7 letters

pincers

Best crossword clue

"Crab claws"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪnsəɹz/Sorted ceinprsStarts with PEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Gripping claws, jaws, or tools with two opposing parts.

Word origin

From Middle English pynsours, from Old French pinceure, pinchure, from pincier (“to pinch”).

Used in a sentence

  • Milk formed their chief diet, and this they were supposed to imbibe from the witch herself, from a third "teat" which had been made beneath the arm by a nip from the Devil's pincers.

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