pruner

Example Sentences

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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

“I’m the laborer,” he says, though Dina is quick to point out he’s the garden’s master pruner.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2018

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

If no response be heard, it is considered that assent has been given, and then, after spitting three times, the pruner begins his cutting.

From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by Napier, James