What is another word for "pliers"?
Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "pliers": auger, awl, back, bird, bodkin, bond, borer, captive, chisel, clench, clinch, close, clutch, corkscrew, custody, detain, detention, dibble, drill, entail, fast, finger, firm, fist, forceps, gimlet, gouge, grasp, grip, gripe, ground, hand, have, hold, hook, hug, husband, inalienable, incommunicable, iron.
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- Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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