tweeny

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈtwiːni/

Definition of tweeny

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of tweenie.
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noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of tweenie.
  2. A shot played between the legs; a tweener.
  3. (colloquial, historical)A between-maid.
    “‘You subscribed,’ Valentine said, ‘to purchase his library and presented it to his wife…who had nothing to eat but what my wages as a tweeny maid got for her.’”
    “Madame Eskimoff's tweeny had brought out tea and a gâteau, as well as a twelve-year-old Speyside malt and glasses.”

adj

  1. Characteristic of a typical tween (a child not quite old enough to be a teenager).
    “throw the tweeniest, brattiest tantrum”

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Etymology

From 'tween + -y.

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