clip lead

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   a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends

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Questions about clip lead

What does clip lead mean?

clip lead means "a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends".

Is clip lead a common word?

clip lead is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.