tweezer noun & verb. ['twi:zǝ] M17.
[from TWEEZE noun + -ER¹.]
A. noun.
1. = TWEEZE noun. Freq. in pl. (also pair of tweezers). Also more fully tweezer-case. obsolete exc. Hist. M17.

2. In pl. exc. attrib. A small pair of pincers for taking up small objects, plucking out hairs, etc. Also pair of tweezers. M17.
■ R. P. Jhabvala She held her tweezers in her hand and was plucking her eyebrows.
b. verb.
1. verb intrans. Use tweezers for taking up small objects, plucking out hairs, etc. E19.

2. verb trans. Pluck out with tweezers; pinch or pluck (as) with tweezers. M19.

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