twa
noun
two.
twa
1 American
[twah, twaw]
/ twɑ, twɔ /
noun
Scot.
Twa
2
American
[twah]
/ twɑ /
noun
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Twas,
plural
-
Twa
plural
twa
British
/ twɔː, twe /
noun
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“In pren twa plis letan qui mo ti pense pou to arriv ici,” he said.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2018
“In pren twa plis letan qui mo ti think pou to arrive here.”
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2018
I had seen them speer at the fellow, and put out their twa fingers when they saw him, to guard against the evil eye.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
We came, the twa of us, upon my cousin Uwaine with his shield in cover—and didna recognize his blazon.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
A voice made known that we twa were in need of them.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The Tutsis account for 14% and the Twa just 1% of Rwanda’s 14 million people.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
Indeed, Bantu oral tradition holds that it was rainforest dwellers like the Twa who taught them to adapt.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
“We consider ourselves like an animal of the forest. It’s like we are tigers - when you take a tiger out of the forest, how will it live?” said Paul Sein Twa.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2020
Because ethnic terminology is banned in Rwanda, the Twa are officially referred to as HMPs, or historically marginalized people.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2019
Placing no confidence in any of Allan Cunningham's souvenirs of Scottish Song, we simply state that one of them, composed upon the theme of the Twa Brothers, is included in the Songs of Scotland, ii.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
Twas a few days before Christmas and with no desire to leave its couch, the Twitter Mailbag loathes this holiday more than extra innings, and, yes, it’s an insufferable grouch.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2020
Twas about this time in 1980 that several witnesses reported sightings of an unidentified flying object in the vicinity of the Rendlesham Forest in eastern England, an incident that has been called “Britain’s Roswell.”
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2018
Twas the Rush Before Christmas Eight short plays inspired by classic holiday songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2017
Twas the night before the Grammys, and all through LA, all the presenters were practicing, especially Cool J…or, something like that.
From Forbes ● Feb. 8, 2015
Twas after dinner that Pomp came to tell me my presence was required upon the upper deck.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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