atween
Americanpreposition
preposition
Etymology
Origin of atween
1350–1400; Middle English atwen, probably on the model of other synonymous pairs, as afore, before, etc.; see a- 1, between
Example Sentences
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Timias; the knight, is seen— From her fair eyes wiping the dewy wet, Which softly slid; and kissing them atween, And handling soft the hurts which she did get.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
I’ve only to tell you that Master Holtspur be safe; an’ that it be all right atween him an his wife.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
He look'd atween him and the sun, And a' to see what there might be,80 Till he spied a man in armour bright, Was riding that way most hastilie.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
If you mean the roads, I knows them, putty nigh as well as the man that made ’em—specially them as runs atween here an’ Oxford.”
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
"It's the difference atween human natur and brute natur," that philosopher had answered promptly.
From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert
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