Clippers
['klipəz]
Examples
- Thus all the clocks in the series could be regulated every hour, for the collapse of the clippers pushed the hand forward if it were too late, or thrust it back if it had gained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Its momentary action was made to collapse a pair of clippers, which in closing seized the minute-hand of the clock to which it was attached, and brought it to the hour point. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I never saw your equal, and I've met with some clippers in my time too. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Thus all the clocks in the series could be regulated every hour, for the collapse of the clippers pushed the hand forward if it were too late, or thrust it back if it had gained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Its momentary action was made to collapse a pair of clippers, which in closing seized the minute-hand of the clock to which it was attached, and brought it to the hour point. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I never saw your equal, and I've met with some clippers in my time too. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Samantha