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étui

/eɪˈtwiː/ US

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Borrowed from French étui.

noun étuis · etwee · etui

A small, ornamental bag or rigid container used for holding articles such as needles. 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.

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@misc{e_tui_2026,
  title = {étui},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A9tui},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}