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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.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME twene, aph. var. of atwene (see a- 1 ) or betwene between
tween   (twēn)   
n.  A child between middle childhood and adolesence, usually between 8 and 12 years old.

[Blend of teen1 and between.]
Main Entry:  tween
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See tweenager

tween 
abbreviation of between, recorded from c.1300.

Main Entry: Tween
Pronunciation: 'twEn
Function: trademark
—used for any of several preparations of polysorbates
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