pruner

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Corona Tools, a Corona, Calif., business for nearly 100 years, introduced its pocket pruner last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

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

"He was nice but he was depressed," said Eugene Hernandez, a tree pruner staying at the shelter.

From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2015

Demosthenes was once heard to remark, on seeing Phocion rise to speak, "Here comes the pruner of my periods."

From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius