'twixt
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.08 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
Alternative form of twixt
Example Sentences
- "[H]e had himſelfe / The Lands and VVaters, ’twixt your Throne and his, / Meaſur’d, to looke vpon you; vvhom he loues […]"
- "Thither the Knight his courſe did ſtear, / To keep the peace ’tvvixt Dog and Bear; […]"
- "The feeble Bark of Life he [God] ſaves, / Amidſt the fury of Tempeſtuous VVaves, / From all the dangers he foreſees, or fears; / Yet ev'ry hour ’tvvixt Sylla and Charibdis ſtears?"
- "In thy nocturnal Rove, one Moment halt, / ’Tvvixt Stage and Stage, of Riot, and Cabal; […]"
- "I thik dat ’twixt de niggers of de Souf and de womin at de Norf, all talkin’ ’bout rights, de white men will be in a fix pretty soon."
- "The host is rushing ’twixt night and day, / And where is there hope or deed as fair? / Caolte tossing his burning hair, / And Niamh calling Away, come away."