atween

American  

[uh-tween] / əˈtwin /

preposition

Dialect.

1. between.

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atween British  

/ əˈtwiːn /

preposition

1. an archaic or Scot word for between

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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

By the ’tarnal allygator, thar’s some ugly game afoot atween them two fellers!

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne

And eight lang years o' love sae leal Had past atween them twae;10 And now a bonny bairntime O' seven fair sons had they.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

“Of course,” pursued Jerry, after another pause of reflection, “ye heerd all that passed atween me an’ that lot o’ diggers?”

From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Reid, Mayne

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

I just had to keep a-biting my tongue, atween my teeth, ’cause I wanted to know so awful bad why he didn’t catch any.

From Letters of the Motor Girl by Gardner, Ethellyn