twixt

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He sought to wield his power, "Choose a-twixt us!

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  • A sorcerer like Shakespeare's Prospero might have "call'd forth the multinous winds and 'twixt' the green sea and the azur'd vault set roaring war," but everyone understood that such stuff was Faustian nonsense. —  Omni: March 1994
  • He sought to wield his power, "Choose a-twixt us! —  A Chilhowee Lily 1911
  • Choose a-twixt the promise ye made ter that man--or the word ye deny ter me! —  A Chilhowee Lily 1911
  • They kin all swear alibi for each other and sartain sure they didn't all conspire ter steal the money and split it up 'twixt 'em. —  How Janice Day Won
  • How say you 245 ’Tis true, my brother’s daughter’s queen of Tunis; So is she heir of Naples; ’twixt which regions There is some space Ant. —  The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
 

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