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pinking shears

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pinkĀ·ing shears (pngkng)
pl.n.
Shears with notched blades, used to finish edges of cloth with a zigzag cut for decoration or to prevent raveling or fraying.

pinking shears
pl n
(Engineering / Tools) scissors with a serrated edge on one or both blades, producing a wavy edge to material cut, thus preventing fraying
Translations
pinking shears [ˈpɪŋkɪŋˌʃiːəz] NPLtijeras fpl dentadas
pinking shears
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pinking shears [ˈpɪŋkɪŋˌʃɪəz] pinking scissors nplforbici fpl a zigzag


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The pinking shears gleam on the blue table, cold the first cold morning of the year.
Byline: Mike Litherland Outhwaite & Litherland Auctioneers Kingsway Galleries, Fontenoy Street, Liverpool I HAVE a pair of brass coloured pinking shears on which just below the handles is stamped radient golden age rustless.
Use fabric adhesive to stick fabric shapes cut out with pinking shears to avoid fraying.
 
 
 
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