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locking pliers
noun
(usually used with a plural verb)
- pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
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This arrangement abounds in nature and in human-engineered devices, such as locking pliers.
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Just two weeks ago, Malco Products launched sales of its Eagle Grip line of locking pliers, produced in the same plant that turned out the similar Vise-Grip tools for generations.
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One person commended the driver on a "nice bit of kerb parking", considering he only had a pair of locking pliers to steer it neatly to the side of the road.
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One victim says Jones tried to pull some of his teeth with a pair of locking pliers.
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“There was a pretty severe outcry for high-quality locking pliers again,†he said.
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