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ˈtweezer-case
Also 7 tueser-, 8 tweaser-, twiser-, twitzer-.
[f. tweezers) + case n.2]
A case in which tweezers and other small instruments are carried; an etui or ‘tweeze’.
1686Lond. Gaz. No. 2122/4 A round Tueser Case of Tortoise-shell. 1707J. Stevens tr. Quevedo's Com. Wks. (1709) 229 We..lay as close..as Herrings in a Barrel, or Tools in a Tweezer-Case. 1709–10Steele Tatler No. 142 ⁋5 His Tweezer-Cases are incomparable: You shall have one not much bigger than your Finger, with 17 several Instruments in it. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull iii. i, Ladies, hung about with toys and trinkets, twiser cases [etc.]. 1755Smollett Quix. (1803) IV. 85 My lady..pulled out a large pin, or rather,..a bodkin, from her tweezer-case. 1899R. Whiteing 5 John St. xvii. 177 Writing pads, tweezer cases, shaving sets. |