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Chris -- 2025-05-10
It only gets about 70 ghits, variants with “scissors” and “pinkie” about 7 each.
So it’s not widespread, but certainly some people think it’s the real thing.
You use pinking shears with your fingers, so it makes a kind of sense.
Is this a legitimate eggcorn?
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