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atween

[uh-tween]

preposition, adverb Dialect.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English atwen, probably on the model of other synonymous pairs, as afore, before, etc.; see a-¹, between

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atween (əˈtwiːn)

—*prep*
	an archaic or Scot word for between

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