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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]
Translationstweezers [ˈtwiːzəz] npl → pinzas fpl (de depilar) 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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