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'tween

  [tween] ,
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–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
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tween   (twēn)   
n.  A child between middle childhood and adolesence, usually between 8 and 12 years old.

[Blend of teen1 and between.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry:  tween
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See tweenager
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Word Origin & History

tween 
abbreviation of between, recorded from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: Tween
Pronunciation: 'twEn
Function: trademark
—used for any of several preparations of polysorbates
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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