Tween

[tween] Origin

'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 quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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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Main Entry:  tween
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See tweenager
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tween
abbreviation of between, recorded from c.1300.
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