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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tweezers/ˈtwiːzəz/

▶plural noun (also a pair of tweezers) a small instrument like a pair of pincers for plucking out hairs and picking up small objects.

– origin C17: extended form of obs. tweeze ‘case of surgical instruments’, shortening of etweese, anglicized pl. of etui.

'tweezers' also found in these Oxford entries:

etui - pincette - tweeze

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