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’.
| 1686 Lond. Gaz. No. 2122/4 A round Tueser Case of Tortoise-shell. 1707 J. Stevens tr. Quevedo's Com. Wks. (1709) 229 We..lay as close..as Herrings in a Barrel, or Tools in a Tweezer-Case. 1709–10 Steele 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. 1712 Arbuthnot John Bull iii. i, Ladies, hung about with toys and trinkets, twiser cases [etc.]. 1755 Smollett Quix. (1803) IV. 85 My lady..pulled out a large pin, or rather,..a bodkin, from her tweezer-case. 1899 R. Whiteing 5 John St. xvii. 177 Writing pads, tweezer cases, shaving sets. |