etwee

English

Noun

etwee (plural etwees)

  1. 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, [London]: J[ohn] & J[osiah] 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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