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English
Etymology
Corruption of betwixt and between.
Alternatively: derived from Low German "twiete" (alley)
Pronunciation
Noun
twitten (plural twittens)
- (Sussex) a narrow path between two walls or hedges, especially on hills. For example, small alleyways leading between two buildings to courtyards, streets, or open areas behind.
- 1892: "A Peep Into the Past": Brighton in the Olden Time, with Glances at the Present by John George Bishop
- Separated from the Brewery by the narrow twitten running into Ship-street was "THE CRICKETERS"
2015, Matthew De Abaitua, If Then:On her rounds, she preferred to walk around Lewes via the twittens, the steep high-walled alleyways that ran betwixt and between the old buildings of the town.
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References
- Parish, William Douglas. A dictionary of the Sussex dialect and collection of provincialisms in use in the county of Sussex (1875).