Shears

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Shears may refer to:

Cutting devices

  • Scissors, also called shears
  • Hair-cutting shears
  • Blade shears, typically used for shearing animals
  • Grass shears, for lawn trimming
  • Kitchen shears, scissors used in the kitchen for food preparation
  • Pinking shears, scissors the blades of which are sawtoothed instead of straight; they leave a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge
  • Pruning shears, for cutting branches and stems
  • Snips, for cutting metal
  • Trauma shears, scissors used by emergency medical personnel to cut clothing

People

  • Albert Shears (1900–1954), English footballer
  • Augustus Shears (1827–1911), English clergyman
  • Curtis Shears (1901–1988), American Olympic fencer
  • Ernest Shears (1849–1917), Anglican clergyman in South Africa
  • George Shears (1890–1978), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jake Shears (born 1978), lead vocalist for the American music group Scissor Sisters
  • Philip James Shears (1887–1972), British Army officer
  • Stevie Shears (born c. 1950), musician known for playing in English rock bands Tiger Lily and Ultravox
  • Tara Shears (born 1969), English physicist
  • Daniel Towers Shears (1784–1860), English coppersmith and inventor
  • James Shears (c1750-1820), English coppersmith
  • James Henry Shears (1788–1855), English coppersmith and entrepreneur

In fiction

  • Sally Shears (also known as Molly Millions), a recurring character in stories and novels written by William Gibson

Other

  • Shears (moth), European moth of the family Noctuidae
  • Golden Shears, sheep shearing event

See also

  • Shear (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles containing Shears
  • All pages with titles beginning with Shears
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