clippers

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Transporting passengers to the gold fields of California and racing to get the first spring tea from China to New York and London drove the rise of extreme clippers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Crouched in cold mud under a thin Spring rain, vineyard employee Élodie Bonet snaps off unwanted vine shoots with her fingers and pruning clippers.

From BBC • May 25, 2025

He is meticulously cutting a member of staff's hair with a pair of clippers, and says the good time credit scheme has made him feel positive about his time in prison.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

I have nothing but raves about these small but sturdy clippers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

In Lee Chong’s where he went to get beer he met Dora who was there to buy a pair of nail clippers.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck