tweeny

American  

[twee-nee] / ˈtwi ni /

noun

plural

tweenies

1. 'tween.

2. British Informal. an auxiliary maid.

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tweeny British  

/ ˈtwiːnɪ /

noun

1. informal a maid who assists both cook and housemaid

2. Also: tweenie.  informal

   1. a child of approximately eight to fourteen years of age

   2. ( as modifier )

      tweeny magazines

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Etymology

Origin of tweeny

First recorded in 1885–90; (be)tween + -y ²

Example Sentences

“Owl” sets itself apart from other tweeny series with its robust L.G.B.T.Q. representation and its zippy, self-aware jokes.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2022

He’s also a really interesting person under all the hair and tweeny angst, and he’s as tired of being told what to do as I am of telling.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2021

A tweeny; that is to say, my lady, she is not at present, strictly speaking, anything; a between maid; she helps the vegetable maid.

From The Admirable Crichton by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Then had been granted a seventh-heaven glimpse of what love, real love, can be, to the tweeny maid, changing her into a veritable spitfire, who had turned and rent the fox-faced youth.

From The Hawk of Egypt by Conquest, Joan

Or will she become a kitchen-maid or "tweeny" in King Arthur's Castle?

From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)