Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a state of excitement or agitation .

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: in a Tweak, in a heavy taking, much vext, or very angry.
1712		J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 71: This put the old fellow in a rare tweague.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Tweague. In a great tweague: in a great passion. Tweaguey; peevish, passionate.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1785].
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.