tweeny

noun, adj — 4 senses

tweeny

noun

/ˈtwiːni/

Etymology From 'tween + -y.

1

Alternative Alternative spelling of tweenie.

2

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Tennis A shot played between the legs; a tweener.

3

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:
Madame Eskimoff's tweeny had brought out tea and a gâteau, as well as a twelve-year-old Speyside malt and glasses.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 259:

tweeny

adj

Etymology From tween + -y.

1

Characteristic of a typical tween (a child not quite old enough to be a teenager).

throw the tweeniest, brattiest tantrum2012 November 23, Andrew Hussie, Homestuck, archived from the original on 21 May 2022:

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