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'tween

American  
[tween] / twin /

preposition

  1. contraction of between.

noun

  1. Also tween, a youngster between 10 and 12 years of age, considered too old to be a child and too young to be a teenager.

'tween British  
/ twiːn /

contraction

  1. between

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Etymology

Origin of 'tween

1250–1300; Middle English twene, aphetic variant of atwene ( a- 1 ) or betwene between

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