nail-clipper

nail-clipper (plural nail-clippers)

1. Alternative form of nail clippers.
   • 1898 August 26, “Home Manicure”, in Leicester Journal, and Midland Counties General Advertiser, volume CXLV, number 7578, Leicester, →OCLC, page 2, column 6 (The Ladies’ Column):

     First of all, to take perfect care of the hands, you must have five minutes to spare each day for six days in the week and fifteen for the seventh, and you must acquire three simple implements—a nail-clipper, an orange-wood stick carefully whittled to a smooth flat “point,” and a velvet file.

   • 1913 September, Robert Carlton Brown, “The Duchess Diamond”, in The Remarkable Adventures of Christopher Poe, Chicago, Ill.: F[rancis] G[ranger] Browne, →OCLC, page 387, column 4:

     He slipped his fingers into an upper waistcoat-pocket and produced a compact steel nail-clipper. / “Thanks, very much,” replied Poe wincing a bit from the irritation as he worked at his nail.

   • 1916 August 25, Frank Condon, “Our Short Story: A Shorn Lamb”, in The Clydebank & Renfrew Press, number 2103, Clydebank, →OCLC, page 7, column 1:

     In addition to his hands, his pockets contained: One two-cent stamp. One bunch of keys. One nail-clipper. One match. One cent. This is an odd condition of things. Step up to the first fifty prosperous citiznes passing along Broadway and ask them if they have ever been broke—busted—financially zeroed. You will be surprised—if they answer with truth.

   • 2010 March 5, “Donations accepted”, in The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro, Tenn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D1, column 1 (Good ideas):

     The Disciple Women of Central Christian Church, 405 E. Main St., Murfreesboro, are collecting 100 hygiene kits to replenish the supplies depleted by the earthquake in Haiti. One hand towel, one wash cloth, one wide-tooth comb, one nail-clipper, one bar of soap, one tooth brush, six Band-Aids and $2 processing per kit is requested in each one-gallon plastic bag with a zipper closure.

   • 2023 March 3, Georgina Lawton, quoting Edwina, “You be the judge: should my husband stop cutting his nails everywhere we go?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 March 2023:

     Since I’ve known him, Trevor has always carried an all-in-one pocket knife and nail-clipper around in his trouser pocket, along with tissues or a hanky.