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