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tween⋅y

[twee-nee]
–noun, plural tween⋅ies.
1. 'tween (def. 2).
2. British Informal. an auxiliary maid.

Origin:
1885–90; (be)tween + -y 2

'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
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