tweezers

     

Tweezers are tools use for picking up small objects that are not easily handled with the human hands. They are probably derived from tongs, pincers, or scissors-like pliers used to grab or hold hot objects from the dawn of recorded history.

Trivia about tweezers

  • A pair of these small pincers is used to pluck out hairs so you won't have a unibrow
  • Every first aid kit should have a pair of these to remove splinters
  • The name of these beauty devices comes from etuis -- small decorative cases that once held them