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The noun 'scissors' is a binary noun, a word for something made up of two parts that make a whole.

A binary noun has no singular form, it is a shortened for of 'a pair of' or 'pairs of'.

Examples of other binary nouns are: tweezers, pants, shorts, sunglasses, goggles, handcuffs, pliers, pajamas, etc.

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