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Definitions
Etymologies
- tin + snips (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Or you could wander into a mobile phone shop and stand at the MobileMuster mobile phone recycling boxes with a pair of tinsnips and dismantle the computers on-site and drop them into the box piece by piece … for free :”
Computer recycling and disposal in Canberra — RuthEllison.com
“Some good stuff there: the first Hugo (which appears to have been constructed with tinsnips and lead solder), Terry Pratchett's badge techotchkes, really happy goth bondage play, Singularity-focused authors, barbarians in mirrorshades, amazingly detailed models of Unseen University and environs, an ironic sneak photo of a t-shirt, Dorks are Hot t-shirt, und zo weiter.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tinsnips’.
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Cinnamony Sea Anemones & Co.
Words full of m's and n's are a little-known cure for sadness.
aeschynomenous, monomoy, zamzummim, abdominous, abhominal, abonnement, acetaminophen, acetophenone, adenomyoma, aeronomer, agnominal, albuminimeter and 229 more...
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Ute
Durable items invented by Hom. Sap.
alpenhorn, matchbox, plinth, pillow, cantilever, fulcrum, troika, cloverleaf, nib, wheelbarrow, dictabelt, cockpit and 184 more...
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Industrial
electrodeposition, photovoltaic, superconductivity, photoelectrochemical, gearhead, pig iron, cogeneration, capacitor, blast furnace slag, coaxial, daisy chaining, commutator and 93 more...
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Shopping List for Stop Action
Making a claymation film takes a lot more than clay!
plasticine, wire, magnets, hardware cloth, plaster of paris, acrylic paints, sheet, newspaper, tinsnips, beads, pliers, wire cutters and 7 more...
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trufutant's Words
conundrum, nonsense, foolishness, swell, cacophony, grizzled, hoary, despot, bloke, ravenous, sot, quirt and 83 more...
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notanotherjazzpoet's Words
scrim, loquacious, miscible, pentamento, luminous, hemidemisemiquaver, lush, cantankerous, tinsnips, misunderstood, malleable, scud and 4 more...
Tweets
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notanotherjazzpoet Useful not only in meter, but in wrangling hardware cloth too. Feb 19, 2007