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- preposition Betwixt.
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- preposition literary
betwixt
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Examples
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Till sometimes, in short, 'twixt his duns and his dears,
The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815
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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 Helen Beecher Long
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Marse Robert had started to whip his wife and he had jumped 'twixt 'em; that made Marse Robert so mad he run to the house to git his gun, so the foreman he got out of the way a day or two to keep from gittin 'shot.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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"Pore chile -- Sally knows a heap of time is saved 'twixt 'lectricity an' coal, an 'she's goin' to cleave to the bestes 'way ever foun' yit -- an 'she knows what dem old rheumaticks is a-doin' to your temper," soliloquized the astute servant.
The Blue Birds' Winter Nest Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1900
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Den she kind of 'splained it to him, and tings just seemed square 'twixt 'em, for she was monstrous skeered like, and turned white as a sheet.
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The EU will implode because there will never be a reconciliation 'twixt 'Fascists' and
Army Rumour Service 2009
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'twixt 'em, but he didn't tell me what it was about.
Tides of Barnegat Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876
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Well, den! is he gwine to scriminate 'twixt 'em? "
Tom Sawyer Abroad 1894
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WELL, den! is he gwine to SCRIMINATE 'twixt 'em? "
Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain 1872
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I paraphrase Mr. Shakespeare "There are more things twixt Heaven and Earth, then ever dreamt of in your philosophies, Horatio"
Jill Lynne: "Truth" Vs "I.M.," or Inspiration Material Jill Lynne 2011
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