"combination pliers" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} combination pliers pl (plural only)
  1. (US, UK) A type of pliers used by linemen, electricians, and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable and small metalwork components. Wikipedia link: combination pliers Tags: UK, US, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Tools Synonyms: lineman's pliers [US], Kleins (english: genericized trademark) [US], linesman pliers [Canada], side-cutting pliers Translations (a type of pliers): комбинирани клещи (kombinirani klešti) (Bulgarian), alicates universals [masculine, plural] (Catalan), 虎頭夾仔 /虎头夹仔 (hó͘-thâu-ngeh-á) [Hokkien, Taiwan] (Chinese), 虎頭鉗 /虎头钳 (hó͘-thâu-khîⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 老虎鉗 /老虎钳 (lou⁵ fu² kim⁴) (alt: lou⁵ fu² kim⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 老虎鉗 /老虎钳 (lǎohǔqián) (Chinese Mandarin), 虎頭鉗 /虎头钳 (hǔtóuqián) (Chinese Mandarin), combinatietang [feminine] (Dutch), näpitsad (Estonian), pince universelle [feminine] (French), alicates universais [masculine, plural] (Galician), alicates [masculine, plural] (Galician), alicate [masculine] (Galician), Kombinationszange [feminine] (German), Kombizange [feminine] (German), kombinált fogó (Hungarian), pinza universale [feminine] (Italian), kombinerki [nonvirile] (Polish), alicate universal [masculine] (Portuguese), пассатижи (passatiži) [masculine, plural] (Russian), alicates [masculine, plural] (Spanish), alicates universales [masculine, plural] (Spanish), pinza universal [feminine] (Spanish)
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