Tweezers Definition
A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs, pulling out slivers, etc.
Origin of Tweezers
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17th century (1645-55): plural of tweeser (on the model of nippers, pincers, pliers or scissors), from obsolete tweeze (“case for small instruments") (alternatively, alteration of plural form tweezes), aphetic form of earlier etweese (plural of etwee), from French étuis, plural of French étui (“case, box, cover") (from Old French estui (“container, prison", noun), derivative of Old French étuier (earlier spelling, Old French estuier (“to shut up, guard, keep, preserve, save, enclose, place in a cover"), probably from Vulgar Latin *estudiāre (“to keep, treat with care") or *studiāre, from Latin studÄ“re (“to care about").
From Wiktionary
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From obsolete tweezes pl. of tweeze a case for tweezers or other small instruments alteration of etweese from French étuis pl. of étui étui
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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