tin snips

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tin snips

noun tinsnips

plural, plural only Large, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal. My husband spent the next day inside the plane, cutting out an unused gasoline tank, piece by piece, with tin snips.
Similar: tinner snips, tinner's snips

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Español	tijeras de hojalatero, tijeras cortachapas, cizalla
Português	tesoura corta chapa, tesouras corta chapa, cisalha
Français	cisailles, cisaille à tole
Deutsch	Blechschere
Italiano	cesoia, cesoie, cesoie per lamiera
Русский	но́жницы для ре́зки листово́го мета́лла nóžnicy dlja rézki listovóvo metálla

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@misc{tin_snips_2026,
  title = {tin snips},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tin%20snips},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}