hedge-clippers

See also: hedge clippers

English

Noun

hedge-clippers pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of hedge clippers.
    • 1989 June 18, Joseph Durso, “BASEBALL; One Run Is Enough For Mets”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015:
      It was a tour de force for Ojeda, whose career was threatened last September when his left middle finger was nearly severed by electric hedge-clippers.
    • 2013 July 25, Chris Knight, “The Wolverine, reviewed: Hugh Jackman gives his best grizzle in lumbering action flick”, in National Post‎[2], Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 November 2025:
      Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan) saves a Japanese soldier from a nuclear attack, and the grateful survivor wants to give him his sword. Logan, what with his built-in adamantium hedge-clippers, politely declines.
    • 2013 August 4, Killian Fox, “Katharine Quarmby Q&A: 'I'm interested in groups on the margins'”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 August 2013:
      She's got neighbours from the settled community and they're in and out of one another's houses, borrowing hedge-clippers and making sure one another are all right.
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