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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From 'tween + -y.
Noun
tweeny (plural tweenies)
- Alternative spelling of 'tweeny
- (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.
1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 540:‘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.’
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 259:Madame Eskimoff's tweeny had brought out tea and a gâteau, as well as a twelve-year-old Speyside malt and glasses.
Etymology 2
From tween + -y.
Adjective
tweeny (comparative tweenier or more tweeny, superlative tweeniest or most tweeny)
- Characteristic of a typical tween (a child not quite old enough to be a teenager).