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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: cisoires, from Late Latin cisorium 'cutting tool', from Latin caedere 'to cut'

scissors

 noun
     
scissors
Related topics: Tools
scis‧sors [plural]
TZ a tool for cutting paper, cloth etc, made of two sharp blades fastened together in the middle, with holes for your finger and thumb:
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