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    scissors
    scis‧sors /ˈsɪzəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Old French
     Origin: cisoires, from Late Latin cisorium 'cutting tool', from Latin caedere 'to cut'

    a tool for cutting paper, cloth etc, made of two sharp blades fastened together in the middle, with holes for your finger and thumb:
        a pair of scissors