secateurs BrE
pruning shears AmE

Secateurs have short handles and are operated with one hand.

He paused, holding the secateurs like a sword above his head.

Mariella has been fighting them off with secateurs ever since.

He almost looks as if he's going to loan you his secateurs for your back garden roses.

Avoid charging round your local park with a pair of secateurs, however.

Such springs can frequently be found as a component of garden secateurs.

He tucked secateurs into his back pocket and headed to the garden.

The morning I came to the tree with a bag and a pair of secateurs there was not a single berry left.

Beside him on the bench something glinted in the early sun: secateurs.

Yes, I think I might get a new pair of secateurs.

He used to remove people's toes with a pair of secateurs.'

She calculates that's nearly one million cuts with the secateurs, which probably deserves a drink.

Vic opened and closed the secateurs, inspected a spot of rust.

Jay made with the secateurs again, pulling the clinging tendrils away from the bush.

A pair of secateurs might also be useful.

Tools are also welcome presents, especially a good pair of secateurs or loppers.

On the whole, good secateurs are safer and cleaner for your roses, as well as yourself.

Make a clean cut this Christmas with these secateurs, pruning saw and grafting knife.

Ought to have secateurs, really, but they've gone.

Her mother was in the garden doing something nasty to the honeysuckle with her secateurs.

Bypass secateurs usually work exactly like a pair of scissors, with two blades passing each other to make the cut.

I started pulling at armfuls of vines, using my secateurs to slice through the tangle.

They are likely to own wooden Sussex trugs, for carrying their secateurs about the garden.

Mrs Parker bounced into a garden shed, came out with a pair of secateurs.

Those with broken bottoms can be trimmed with secateurs.