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tween

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'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 ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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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