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clippers Noun, pl a tool used for clipping and cutting
Translations clippers [ˈklɪpəz] npl (for gardening) → tijeras fpl de podar; (for hair) → maquinilla sg; (for nails) → cortauñas m inv How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Alongside them were clippers of all sizes, steamers of all nationalities, and the steamboats, with several decks rising one above the other, which ply on the Sacramento and its tributaries. Especially was this the case in the days when the wooden clippers did finely to land you in Sydney or in Melbourne under the four full months. I had come out of a crack Australian clipper, where I had been third officer, and he seemed to have a prejudice against crack clippers as aristocratic and high-toned. |
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