But what has finally set me to ranting and waving the secateurs are the namby-pamby replies of the experts on the other end of the line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Garden Rant] Reference

However, earlier this year I decided that constantly replacing my secateurs was a waste and I should go for the kind where the parts can be replaced.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

The fussier rose varieties prefer you call the pruners "secateurs," but that is another story.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Ought to have secateurs, really, but they've gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rose cottage]

Mrs. Moffat slipped her garden secateurs into her pocket.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kalahari Typing School For Men]

Clear cut decision on getting the secateurs out, I think.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference

He used to remove people's toes with a pair of secateurs. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [two women]

He came over and took the secateurs and the basket away from her.    From Wordnik.com.  [So Close and No Closer]

Most pruning operations require a khukuri, secateurs or small saw.    From Wordnik.com.  [5.1 Introduction] Reference

Mary flexed her right hand, squeezing the secateurs tightly together.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Hopeless Romantic] Reference

She had a pair of secateurs in one hand, and a flower vase in the other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Presumption of Death]

The only capital outlay would be a good pair of secateurs and some gloves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-01-01] Reference

She dropped the trug and the secateurs on the step and peeled off her gloves.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Funeral In Blue]

Lovely salad - all those herbs make me want to run out to my garden with my secateurs and start cutting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Garbanzo (Chickpea) Salad Recipe with Olives and Herbs] Reference

A sharp tool like a khukuri or hasiya is sufficient, but a handsaw and secateurs, for pruning branches, are useful if they are available.    From Wordnik.com.  [4.1 Nursery establishment] Reference

Make a horizontal cut 10 to 30 mm above the upper node and a sloping cut just below the lowest node with secateurs, a sharp khukuri or similar blade.    From Wordnik.com.  [4.1 Nursery establishment] Reference

Under a pile of mothy tea-cosies I found a pair of secateurs returned from the ironmongers with a brown label attached, dated 1956 and inscribed "Not Worth Repair".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hancox: All under one roof] Reference

The flowers fall under my secateurs, as they call it here.    From Wordnik.com.  [in my falling country] Reference

I found a pair of secateurs and just hacked the thing off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aussie-Nintendo.com Forums] Reference

They told us gloves were to be provided for when we use secateurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

If you would like to have a go making something you should bring a sharp knife/secateurs/screwdriver.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indymedia Ireland] Reference

Society of York Florists from a wilting organisation into a blooming success, is to hang up his secateurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Shirley Valentine/Educating Rita, Menier Chocolate Factory, London] Reference

I have seen people tremble, secateurs in hand, not knowing where to start and - perhaps more importantly.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Holiday among nature a reason to give thanks] Reference

So I retired in all of a dither and got NAH to re-sharpen my secateurs, which then fell apart in September.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

Bosenna, gloved, armed with a pair of secateurs, and engaged in cutting the thorns back to a few ugly inches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hocken and Hunken] Reference

When pruning branches that are just too big for secateurs, the Wisley garden team prefers light and nimble pruning saws.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

I've had no problems in using my new secateurs for exactly the same jobs as I've carried out with my other ones in the past.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

Those secateurs look familiar!.    From Wordnik.com.  [liaison - French Word-A-Day] Reference

Everything from secateurs to perfume.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Distant Echo]

She added: "I once offered to lend him my hedge-trimmer because he was cutting the hedge with secateurs and he gave me short shrift.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mirror.co.uk - News] Reference

Now is the time to wield the secateurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

I like using cordless battery-powered secateurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to FBI Uses Terror-Probe Tactics on Fraud] Reference

First on the list is my secateurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Head Rambles] Reference

As to having no secateurs, I have two sets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Rumour Service] Reference

Now use the secateurs to cut away at the grating.    From Wordnik.com.  [AdventureGamers.com] Reference

Scissors/secateurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [4.1 Nursery establishment] Reference

Folding secateurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charlottesville Blogs] Reference