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- 1. a maid who assisted two other members of a domestic staff. archaic, informal
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1. British informal, obsolete. a maid who assists both cook and housemaid. 2. Also: tweenie informal. a. a child of approximately eight to fourteen years of age. b. (as modifier) tweeny magazines. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
noun. informal. a maid who assists both cook and housemaid. informal. Alsotweenie. a child of approximately eight to fourteen years of age. ( as modifier ) tweeny magazines.
TWEEN definition: 1. a child between the ages of approximately eight and twelve: 2. a child between the ages of…. Learn more.
noun. variants or tweenie. ˈtwēnē, -ni. plural tweenies. : betweenmaid. Word History. Etymology. tween + -y, -ie. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.
Sep 27, 2024 · tweeny (plural tweenies) (tennis) A shot played between the legs; a tweener. (now historical) A between-maid, or maidservant who helps the cook as well as the housemaid.
tweeny. (ˈtwiːnɪ) n, pl tweenies. 1. (Historical Terms) informal obsolete Brit a maid who assists both cook and housemaid. 2. informal. a. a child of approximately eight to fourteen years of age. b. (as modifier): tweeny magazines. [C19: shortened from between (for sense 1, that is, a maid between cook and housemaid)]
Anyone who uses dad, nanny, or buddy owes a debt to " baby talk," a term used for both the childish speech adults adopt when addressing youngsters and for the speech of small children who are just learning to talk. Twee also originated in baby talk as an alteration of sweet.
