Definition of "twixt" []

• Betwixt. (preposition)

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• "Till sometimes, in short, 'twixt his duns and his dears,"
• "They kin all swear alibi for each other and sartain sure they didn't all conspire ter steal the money and split it up 'twixt 'em."
• "Marse Robert had started to whip his wife and he had jumped 'twixt 'em; that made Marse Robert so mad he run to the house to git his gun, so the foreman he got out of the way a day or two to keep from gittin 'shot."