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atween

[ uh-tween ]

preposition

Dialect.


atween

/ əˈٷɾː /

preposition

  1. an archaic or Scot word for between
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of atween1

1350–1400; Middle English atwen, probably on the model of other synonymous pairs, as afore, before, etc.; a- 1, between
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Example Sentences

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"That's neither here nor there, Miss. There never was any great love atween us, any way; and, you see, a wound like this, ain't apt to increase it," pointing to his shoulder, which had been bandaged.

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But he always has bin a reel gennelman, and never makes no difference atween rich and poor when he can do some good.

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Many's the time he has sat on the settle there with that stick atween his knees.

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That’s atween you and me, ye ken.

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She took the hay aneath her arm, The corn intil her hand; But atween the stable door and the staw, Lady Marg'ret made a stand.80 * * * * * * "O open the door, Lady Margaret, O open and let me in; I want to see if my steed be fed, Or my grey hounds fit to rin."

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