Etuis

Barton was pre-engaged: that he had the day before made a present of an etuis to Liddy, which her aunt had obliged her to receive, with a view, no doubt, to countenance her own accepting of a snuff-box at the same time; that my sister having made me acquainted with this incident, I had desired an explanation of Mr ❋ Unknown (2004)

The Moors and the Negroes, have an extraordinary respect for these priests, who manufacture leather, into little etuis, perfumed bags, and pocketbooks, to which they give the name of _gris-gris_. ❋ Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny (1818)

The chapel is very pretty, and smugged up with tiny pews, that look like ` etuis for the Earl and his diminutive ❋ Horace Walpole (1757)

Jery accompanied her ladyship to her house, that he might have an opportunity to restore the etuis to Barton, and advise him to give up his suit, which was so disagreeable to his sister, against whom, however, he returned much irritated — Lady Griskin had assured him that Liddy’s heart was pre-occupied; and immediately the idea of Wilson recurring to his imagination, his family-pride took the alarm. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Der Jchwarzge deckte Rin denn age) \ Anthribe rcuge ä etuis noirs. ❋ Sturm, Jakob, 1771-1848, Ill (1796)