'twixt
Americanpreposition
contraction
Example Sentences
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Grandpa replies, “Naw, you livin’ cause you had the good sense to fall down ‘twixt them tracks.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
Sadly, there’s many a slip ’twixt tap and click; those sparkling flutes will have frozen midair at the publication of news that “BA runs out of loo rolls!”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2017
The play’s title is lifted from an old English expression “There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip,” meaning a seemingly settled event can still unravel.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2015
The play's title is lifted from an old English expression "There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip," meaning a seemingly settled event can still unravel.
From US News ● Nov. 20, 2015
“Naw, you livin’ cause you had the good sense to fall down ’twixt them tracks.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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