tweezers
small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects, etc.
Origin of tweezers
1- Also tweez·er [twee-zer] /ˈtwi zər/ .
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How to use tweezers in a sentence
A very rich tweezer-case, containing twelve instruments for the use of each hour in the day.
The Tatler, Volume Two | VariousHe used a tweezer to change the registers again and gave it a little crank.
Makers | Cory DoctorowWhen night came we all went to bed, and lay as close together as herrings in a barrel, or tools in a tweezer-case.
Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper | Francisco de QuevedoOf course, the idea is ridiculous—that is, the tweezer part is.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for tweezers
/ (ˈtwiːzəz) /
a small pincer-like instrument for handling small objects, plucking out hairs, etc: Also called: pair of tweezers, (esp US) tweezer
Origin of tweezers
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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