etwee

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English

Noun

etwee (plural etwees)

Obsolete form of étui.
- a. 1763, William Shenstone, Economy: A Rhapsody, addressed to young poets:
  The twinkling jewels, and the gold etwee,
  With all its bright inhabitants
- 1791 June 1, John Ireland, “The Harlot’s Progress. Plate I.”, in Hogarth Illustrated, volume I, : J & J Boydell , →OCLC, pages 4–5:
  From the inn she is taken to the house of the procuress, divested of her home-spun garb, and dressed in the gayest style of the day; her pincushion and scissars discarded for an etwee and watch, and the tender native hue of her complexion incrusted with paint, and disguised by patches.

References

“etwee”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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