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  • adverb obsolete Betwixt.

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  • adverb obsolete betwixt

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Examples

  • Till wilful loss of game atwixt two queens surprise me:

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The same as I told Mother Cloam — a man that knoweth his duty to head gardeners, as his noble lordship doth, the same know the differ atwixt Miss Faith — as fine a young

    Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

  • 'Och, they can put on a bra show and bedazzle ye wi' every manner o 'fine wines and loose lasses,' grumbled Hugi, 'but there's aye been scant friendship atwixt men and Faerie, least of all noo when Chaos gathers for war.

    Three Hearts and Three Lions Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1953

  • "Thar's something up atwixt 'em," deduced Amarilly, "and they air both too proud to say nuthin 'about it to the other."

    Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley Belle Kanaris Maniates

  • "Well, sir, you know that an oak-ball will smoke when you bust it atwixt your fingers -- but there ain't no fire in it," grunted Ham, philosophically.

    Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster

  • And with his bodie bard the way atwixt them twaine.

    The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser

  • "I kin take him from right here 'atwixt his eyes," said Jenks softly, and tapped his rifle significantly.

    The Last Trail Zane Grey 1905

  • An 'thar would hev been a fight 'mongst 'em,' ceptin 'her brother, Jacob Tyler, went along with 'em, an' tried ter keep the peace atwixt 'em.

    In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885

  • Nobody hed thought of hevin 'much of a fight, - thar hed been jes' a few licks passed atwixt the men thar; but the fust finger ez war laid on this boy, he jes 'lit out an' fit like a catamount.

    In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885

  • She had been the proud wife 'o' t 'cliverest mon atwixt

    The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

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