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tweezers

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tweez·ers  (twzrz)
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
Small pincers, usually of metal, used for plucking or handling small objects.

[From obsolete tweezes, pl. of tweeze, a case for tweezers or other small instruments, alteration of etweese, from French étuis, pl. of étui; see étui.]

tweezers
Noun, pl
a small pincer-like tool used for tasks such as handling small objects or plucking out hairs [obsolete tweeze case of instruments]
Translations

tweezers [ˈtwiːzəz] nplpinzas fpl (de depilar)
tweezers [ˈtwiːzəz] nplpince f à épiler
tweezers [ˈtwiːzəz] nplPinzette f
tweezers [ˈtwiːzəz] nplpinzette fpl

tweezers
n pl tweezers [ˈtwiːzəz]
a tool for gripping or pulling hairs, small objects etc She used a pair of tweezers to pluck her eyebrows. tangetjie مِلْقاط صَغير للشَّعْر пинсети pinzeta pincet die Pinzette τσιμπιδάκι pinzas pintsetid موچین pinsetit pinces à épiler מַלקֵט, פִּינצֶטָה चिमटी pinceta csipesz catut (flísa)töng, augnabrúnaplokkari pinzette ピンセット 족집게 pincetas, žnybtuvai pincete penyepit kecil pincet pinsett pinceta pinça pensetă пинцет pinzeta pinceta pinceta pincett แหนบ cımbız 鑷子 щипчики; пінцет چمٹي cái nhíp 镊子


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He was like one of those unreasoning but still highly useful, multum in parvo, Sheffield contrivances, assuming the exterior -- though a little swelled --of a common pocket knife; but containing, not only blades of various sizes, but also screw-drivers, cork-screws, tweezers, awls, pens, rulers, nail-filers, counter-sinkers.
Beneath its shade there sat a stout and elderly lady in a pink cote-hardie, leaning back among a pile of cushions, and plucking out her eyebrows with a small pair of silver tweezers.
Then Philip took up the scalpel and the tweezers and began working while the other looked on.
 
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