Definitions
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- verb   Third-person singular simple present indicative form of 
tweeze . 
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Examples
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When I clicked on the "Why?" under a recent recommendation for the Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Spartan, I found it was because I once ordered apparel that was, admittedly, Spartan, but was something to wear rather than a device that cuts, tweezes and opens a bottle of wine.
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Ellen moves to the bed and tweezes the sheet free.
No Limits Peter David 2003
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"When you're eighty and the gout tweezes you, you'll be swearing like a trooper," Terence remarked.
The Voyage Out 1915
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She also shaves her legs and upper chest and tweezes her eyebrows.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Melanie tweezes stray hairs outside of the area she has mapped out and filled in with tweezers ($25, Tweezerman for Benefit Slant Tip Tweezers).
Winnipeg Sun 2010
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She also shaves her legs and upper chest and tweezes her eyebrows.
Chicago Reader 2010
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She also shaves her legs and upper chest and tweezes her eyebrows.
Chicago Reader 2010
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She also shaves her legs and upper chest and tweezes her eyebrows.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Melanie tweezes stray hairs outside of the area she has mapped out and filled in with tweezers ($25, Tweezerman for Benefit Slant Tip Tweezers).
Ottawa Sun 2010
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Melanie tweezes stray hairs outside of the area she has mapped out and filled in with tweezers ($25, Tweezerman for Benefit Slant Tip Tweezers).
Ottawa Sun 2010
 
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