atween

[ uh-tween ]

/ əˈtwin /

between.

Origin of atween

1350–1400; Middle English atwen, probably on the model of other synonymous pairs, as afore, before, etc.; see a-¹, between

An' then they'll get to fightin' atween theirselves, and split here an' there.

A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg |Amanda M. Douglas
He threatens to knock pew-Bibles and hymn-books oot o' me, if I again daur to 'rap' him atween this and Martinmas.

Scotch Wit and Humor |W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe
My kind's all right in summer; but 'twouldn't do in winter—wind'd get in atween the stitches.

The Cinder Pond |Carroll Watson Rankin
I'm glad, right heartily glad that 'tis all off atween Gilbert an' Dolly.

The World Before Them |Susanna Moodie

"A noice bizness yoi've made of it atween ee," the woman said, but in a not unkind voice.

Through the Fray |G. A. Henty

atween

/ (əˈtwiːn) /

an archaic or Scot word for between