tweezers
17th century (1645–55): plural of tweeser (on the model of nippers, pincers, pliers or scissors), from obsolete tweeze ("case for small instruments") (or alternatively, alteration of plural form tweezes), aphetic form of earlier etweese (plural of etwee), from French étuis, plural of étui ("case, box, cover") (from Old French estui, derivative of étuier (earlier spelling, estuier ("to shut up, guard, keep, preserve, save, enclose, place in a cover"), probably from Vulgar Latin *estudiāre or *studiāre, from Latin studēre. Noun
  1. 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.
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