( "Here, he who has a piece of wire and a pair of pliers is a mechanic!"). From Wordnik.com. [A Mexican travel tool kit from the Sierra Madre Mechanic] Reference
Clutched in the mouth of the pliers was a bloody tooth. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing in the Dark]
Tired: Accessing anything but the pliers is a serious manicure hazard. From Wordnik.com. [Test: 1080p Projectors for Less, Pared-Down Multitools, VHS-to-DVD Converters] Reference
Redford indicated 'pliers' and its ideograph with his fingertip. From Wordnik.com. [The Speaker Of Mandarin]
I also got jewelry-making tools, such as pliers for jump rings, and a jump ring maker. From Wordnik.com. [Discussion Forum - Geeks!] Reference
Few simple tools such as pliers, screwdriver, hand-drill machine, a soldering iron (with solder, flux, etc) will suffice. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
Other items needed, such as pliers, electric tape, a PICAXE micro controller and a soldering iron can be found at any hardware store. From Wordnik.com. [DailyTech Main News Feed] Reference
Which means I need the eartag pliers quick. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
If you can't find them, then bring me a pair of pliers. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
Use scissors on your nipples and pliers on your toenails. From Wordnik.com. [Five Ways To GET INSPIRED!] Reference
He laid the skull on the table and handed her his pliers. From Wordnik.com. [OUT ON THE EDGE OF VICTORIAN CIVILIZATION] Reference
Then a good assortment of pliers, cutting, flat, and round. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888] Reference
I'll steady myself with the pliers ... take my fillings, too!. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from The Vicious Circulation of Dr Catastrope] Reference
Grandpa taught me to always carry a pocketknife and a pliers. From Wordnik.com. [Daddyland: The Most Magical Place on Earth] Reference
"Go get from the barn the pliers, the hand-tool that pinches.". From Wordnik.com. [Blind Man's Lantern] Reference
Well, in my guitar case I had some pliers to change strings with. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Davis: The Language of the Blues] Reference
Tom was soon busy with wrenches, hammers, pliers and screw-driver. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road] Reference
It did not take long to get his pliers from his toolbag and snip off. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road] Reference
The same result may be brought about by the use of a pair of pliers. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
No need to get out the battery cables or fingernail pliers, it seems. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: We Have Ways Of Making You Talk] Reference
He said he once pulled out one of his own aching teeth with a pair of pliers. From Wordnik.com. [Free dental care draws thousands to outdoor clinic in rural Virginia] Reference
The bulldog pliers trembled as though responding to the throbbing of an engine. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Man's Lantern] Reference
Dr. Mac was having an affair with the tiny monster who handed him pliers and probes. From Wordnik.com. [Dreaming in Mink] Reference
I now figure a most necessary little pair of pliers for dressing the feathers of birds. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Equipped with a pair of pliers I fished out from under the kitchen sink, I went to work. From Wordnik.com. [Boba Fett Blues] Reference
The squares are roughly snipped by means of a pair of pliers or spectacle-maker's shanks. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
Before girls he only knew cold rubber and metal of pliers and wires and splintery wood skins. From Wordnik.com. [His Name Was Do Re Mi] Reference
I recommend a small pair of flat-nosed pliers, some sizes larger than the "feather pliers" (Fig. 19). From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
A bottle of grease and a grease brush, pliers, and pins laid to his left, and a new propeller laid to his right. From Wordnik.com. [Joe for Town Council] Reference
I grew sick of my name on their tongues, so I took pliers to the one voice, plastered their faces on milk cartons. From Wordnik.com. [No Direction Home] Reference
"There, I guess that will do," and she straightened up with a sigh, for the use of the pliers made her hands ache. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
For my part, I try to remember to carry a pocketknife and a pliers and be good to my neighbors and watch out who I peck. From Wordnik.com. [Daddyland: The Most Magical Place on Earth] Reference
But when the facts change, you'd better change your mind; otherwise, you're trying to turn a rusty nut with a pair of pliers. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Reinbach: America's Fantasy Politics] Reference
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