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• n  a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees

• pruner
• pruning hook

News & Articles

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• Need a tool? Libraries lending more than books
  Books and DVDs weren't what Ralph Mandarino wanted when he went to the Grosse Pointe Public Library. The 75-year-old retired businessman checked out a tree lopper and a tape measure, two of the more than ...
  July 18, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Sets, drums and rotary tools: Libraries across US lending way more than books
  GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. — Books and DVDs weren't what Ralph Mandarino wanted when he went to the Grosse Pointe Public Library. The 75-year-old retired businessman checked out a tree lopper and a tape measure, two of the more than 100 tools available to patrons of the suburban Detroit library.
  July 18, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Quotes

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• Zana Briski in Chicago Sun-Times
  She's the head-lopper,Briski says with satisfaction. "She cuts through illusion, but it's in the form of -- snick! -- cutting the head off."