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[tween]

'tween

[tween]
preposition
1.
contraction of between.
noun
2.
Also, tween, tweeny. a youngster between 10 and 12 years of age, considered too old to be a child and too young to be a teenager.

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'tween is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English twene, aphetic variant of atwene (see a-1) or betwene between
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'tween (twiːn)
 
contraction of
between

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