tweeny

American  

[twee-nee] / ˈtwi ni /

noun

plural

tweenies

1. 'tween.

2. British Informal. an auxiliary maid.

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tweeny British  

/ ˈtwiːnɪ /

noun

1. informal a maid who assists both cook and housemaid

2. Also: tweenie.  informal

   1. a child of approximately eight to fourteen years of age

   2. ( as modifier )

      tweeny magazines

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Etymology

Origin of tweeny

First recorded in 1885–90; (be)tween + -y ²

Example Sentences

“Owl” sets itself apart from other tweeny series with its robust L.G.B.T.Q. representation and its zippy, self-aware jokes.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2022

He’s also a really interesting person under all the hair and tweeny angst, and he’s as tired of being told what to do as I am of telling.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2021

That it is appreciated is shown by the fact that at Christmas, at this house, with its staff of Superintendent, cook, parlourmaid, housemaid and "tweeny," with one chauffeuse, there were forty relations of wounded staying.

From The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

The tweeny a conductorette, And both the others found their missions In manufacturing munitions.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 by Various

It seemed that two months before the girl had left England, she had found the tweeny, Lizzie Stitch by name, sobbing over the cinders in her sitting-room grate.

From The Hawk of Egypt by Conquest, Joan