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  • He called her "Tweeny" for some favorite character in a play, brought her some books she had questioned him about, asked her casually, on the days she went to town for Emily, at what time she would come back, and joined her on the train.

    Saturday's Child Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

  • Russ said that he had 800 references in his catalog, which are not mentioned in the bibliography compiled by Woodbridge, London, and Tweeny, the second edition of which was published in 1973.

    TO THE VALLEY OF THE MOON 2003

  • Fancy taking a house in Pimlico or West Kensington, or one of those horrible places with a man to whom you have a violent attraction and consulting with your adored as to whether you could run to three maids and a Tweeny!

    Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

  • I wish, Tweeny, there was anything I could do to make you happy also.

    The Admirable Crichton 1898

  • Ah, Tweeny, I don't undervalue the bucket, but what I want to say now is that the sweet refinement of a dear girl has done more for me than any bucket could do.

    The Admirable Crichton 1898

  • Schloss_ and _Amazing Revelations of a Tweeny in the Perhapsburg Hof_.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 Various 1898

  • A score of pieces have been added here and there as necessity compelled, and these have been patched and repatched in incongruous colours; but, when all is said and done, it can still be maintained that Tweeny wears a skirt.

    The Admirable Crichton 1898

  • Tweeny is sitting there, very busy plucking the feathers off a bird and dropping them on a sheet placed for that purpose on the floor.

    The Admirable Crichton 1898

  • His lordship stops, and steals to Tweeny on his tiptoes.

    The Admirable Crichton 1898

  • Tweeny, and in a few moments bonfires would be blazing all round the shore.

    The Admirable Crichton 1898

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