Also 7 tueser-, 8 tweaser-, twiser-, twitzer. [f. TWEEZER(S) + CASE sb.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, trans. 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, No. 5 John St., xvi. 177. Writing pads tweezer cases, shaving sets.
