Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together.
Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends and the handle ends; spring shears have a C-shaped spring connection at the handle ends.
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