pruner
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Use a sharp knife, snips or bypass pruner to cut 3- to 6-inch-long pieces from firm, mature, non-woody stems.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
Newhouse maneuvered an extendable pole pruner around a branch; with a pull of a string, the blade snapped shut, and the bag fell.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2020
Chances are her arsenal includes a dinged-up trowel, a dull hand pruner and garden gloves with gaping holes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2016
"He was nice but he was depressed," said Eugene Hernandez, a tree pruner staying at the shelter.
From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2015
There, too, was the mother-in-law of the cocoanut tree pruner.
From Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' by José Rizal
To harvest, wait until after the first light frost, which will sweeten their flavor, then pull hips off the plant or clip them using scissors or pruners.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Sharp pruners and snips and multipurpose weeding tools, such a hori hori knife, make garden chores easier.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
Use a clean pair of pruners to cut about a quarter-inch below the node at a 45-degree angle.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022
Disinfect pruners and planting pots and containers with a solution of one-part household bleach and ten-parts water.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2021
Everybody came out—hay farmers, clerks, merchants, fishermen, crabbers, carpenters, loggers, net weavers, truck farmers, junk dealers, real estate brigands, hack poets, ministers, lawyers, sailors, squatters, millwrights, cedar rats, teamsters, plumbers, mushroom foragers, and holly pruners.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
