Definition of "etwee"

The twinkling jewels, and the gold etwee, With all its bright inhabitants

a. 1763, William Shenstone, Economy: A Rhapsody, addressed to young poets

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.

1791 June 1, John Ireland, “The Harlot’s Progress. Plate I.”, in Hogarth Illustrated, volume I, [London]: J[ohn] & J[osiah] Boydell […], pages 4–5