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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“What I be goin’ to say,” continued the suitor, without heeding her repeated interruptions, “be this, Bet Dancey, I see’d thy father last night; an’ he an’ me talked it over atween us.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
I’ve did that this night ’ll put iron bars atween thee and him.”
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
"A purp's the same purp allez, even arter it's a grown dorg, but a child ain't—it's the difference atween reason and instink."
From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert
"The boy ez stan's atween you an' fortune?" said Badger.
From Lost in the Ca?on by Calhoun, Alfred R.
But he lay still, and sleeped sound, Albeit the sun began to sheen; She looked atween her and the wa',55 And dull and drowsie were his een.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
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