"nose-nipper" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "nose-nippers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1893, Archibald Sinclair, William Henry, Swimming, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 102",
          "text": "I had the Arab diver with the nose-nipper alongside this morning, and told him to let me see how long he could remain under water, and I carefully timed him; one minute and forty-nine seconds, which is the longest dive on record on these banks or beds.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Deb Margolin, Of All the Nerve: Deb Margolin Solo, A&C Black, page 59",
          "text": "But TLC sold me this attractive little nose-nipper and it just fits right over my nose.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A facial attachment that is fitted with a clasp pinching the nose."
      ],
      "id": "en-nose-nipper-en-noun-TbKWOK81",
      "links": [
        [
          "facial",
          "facial"
        ],
        [
          "clasp",
          "clasp"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page v. 29",
          "text": "He saw the old man lift his head from some writing so sharp that his nose-nippers fell off...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pince-nez"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "pince-nez",
          "pince-nez"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) pince-nez"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nose-nipper"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nose-nippers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1893, Archibald Sinclair, William Henry, Swimming, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 102",
          "text": "I had the Arab diver with the nose-nipper alongside this morning, and told him to let me see how long he could remain under water, and I carefully timed him; one minute and forty-nine seconds, which is the longest dive on record on these banks or beds.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Deb Margolin, Of All the Nerve: Deb Margolin Solo, A&C Black, page 59",
          "text": "But TLC sold me this attractive little nose-nipper and it just fits right over my nose.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A facial attachment that is fitted with a clasp pinching the nose."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "facial",
          "facial"
        ],
        [
          "clasp",
          "clasp"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page v. 29",
          "text": "He saw the old man lift his head from some writing so sharp that his nose-nippers fell off...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pince-nez"
      ],
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      ],
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        "(in the plural) pince-nez"
      ],
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        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nose-nipper"
}