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Amongst pointed objects, men discover scissors (7,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pinking shears

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'amongst pointed objects men' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'discover scissors' is the wordplay.
'discover' becomes 'pinking' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'scissors' becomes 'shears' (shears is a kind of scissors).
'pinking'+'shears'='PINKING-SHEARS'

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(Other definitions for pinking shears that I've seen before include "Scissors with serrated cutting edges" , "these cut" , "Scissors with a serrated blade" , "clipper" , "Scissors producing a wavy edge" .)

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