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Of the nature of a forceps.
Originally U.S. attributive. Designating a device or apparatus resembling in form or action the jaws of an alligator. Cf. sense 4.
A suspended bucket or grab composed of a number of curved, pointed segments that are hinged at the top and come together to form a container, used…