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tweenies

tweenies is the plural of tweeny.

tweenies is the plural of tweenie.

Meaning of tweeny

Noun

tweeny (plural tweenies)

  1. A shot played between the legs; a tweener.
  2. (colloquial, historical) A between-maid.
    • ‘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.’1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 540

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Meaning of tweenie

Noun

tweenie (plural tweenies)

  1. (informal) A child who is not quite old enough to be a teenager; a tweenager.
  2. A shot that is hit between the legs; a tweener.
  3. (slang) A 650-watt fresnel motion picture lighting instrument first manufactured by the Mole-Richardson Company.

Questions about tweenies

What is tweenies the plural of?
Tweenies is the plural of tweeny.

Words near tweenies in the dictionary

  1. tweeners
  2. tweeness
  3. tweenesses
  4. tweenhood
  5. tweenie
  6. tweenies
  7. tweeniest
  8. tweenification
  9. tweening
  10. tweenings
  11. tweenish

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