OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 56523

tin snips

Meanings (ES + gloss)
cizalla • tijeras cortachapas • tijeras de hojalatero
Large, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal.
If you plan to do much work sheet metal, a pair of curved-blade tin snips will save wear and tear on your nerves in the long run.
My husband spent the next day inside the plane, cutting out an unused gasoline tank, piece by piece, with tin snips.
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