Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A servant who works between two others, or assists both.
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- noun A
servant who works between two others, or assists both. - noun historical A between-maid, or maidservant who helps the cook as well as the housemaid.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"The original idea of the netbook was this would be the 'tweeny' -- in between a mobile phone and a laptop.
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If I never have to open another pink and yellow and leapard print and sequined jewelry box and hear that it's "tweeny" I will be so happy.
slayground: Books for the Ages: or, Why I Don't Use the Term MG Little Willow 2007
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The "tweeny" develops into housemaid or cook; the young girls employed in superior shops to wait on the elder shopwomen hope to develop into their successors, and the girls who nurse babies on the doorsteps are, after all, acquiring knowledge and dexterity that may fit them for domestic service or for the management of their own families a few years later.
Youth and Sex Mary Scharlieb 1887
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But what do you do with a band like the Wellingtons that isn't twangy enough for country, or glossy enough for top-40, or tweeny enough for Disney?
Eric Williams: The Snap-Cracklin' Pop of the Wellingtons Eric Williams 2011
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British parents complain that there is little of a distinctive nature for this key "tweeny" group.
CBBC to air gritty new drama aimed at pre-teenage audience 2011
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But what do you do with a band like the Wellingtons that isn't twangy enough for country, or glossy enough for top-40, or tweeny enough for Disney?
Eric Williams: The Snap-Cracklin' Pop of the Wellingtons Eric Williams 2011
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Before you can say Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome, our poor little unsuspecting tweeny is metamorphasizing into a pint-sized version of the aforementioned witch-hag, complete with misshapen moles and receding hairline.
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NOW CLICK MY USER NAME & SEE (instead of coming here everyday thinking Marcus is going to give you his real secrets and drooling over his success like a bunch of tweeny groupies)!
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I understand that Rob wants to get away from the tweeny romance (btw I am a die-hard twilight fan) and I think he achieves this by doing an indie movie in which he takes on Dali's sexual exploration.
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Another tweeny-bopper made for TV movie (this one starring Sterling Knight from Sonny With a Chance) that's like a public scene or someone else's embarrassing moment -- you can't help but watch.
sionnach commented on the word tweeny
maid who worked "between the stairs"; she assisted the cooks and the housemaids
July 24, 2008