What does pincers mean?
Pincers means plural of pincer.
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/ˈpɪnsəɹz/ · noun
plural of pincer.
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.
Use pincers when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pincers means plural of pincer.
Common synonyms include forceps, chelae, claws, nippers.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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