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locking pliers
noun
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.
Example Sentences
This arrangement abounds in nature and in human-engineered devices, such as locking pliers.
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.
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.
One victim says Jones tried to pull some of his teeth with a pair of locking pliers.
“There was a pretty severe outcry for high-quality locking pliers again,” he said.
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