tweenyn.
/ˈtwiːni/, U.S. /ˈtwini/ local.
A maid-servant who assists both the cook and the housemaid; a between-maid. Also tweeny girl, tweeny-maid.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > maid or housemaid > assisting cook and housemaid
tweeny1888
between-maid1890
1888 in Notes & Queries 7th ser. VI. 458/1 A few years back..Being in want of a girl to ease both the cook and the house~maid..[a] neighbour..replied..‘You want a tweenie’.
1904 Daily News 18 Apr. 8 A certain useful section of the servant class, who..were known as ‘tweenies’.
1906 Daily Record (Glasgow) 17 Dec. 4 We may learn tone from our valets, courtesy from our cooks, and tact from our tweeny girls.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1888- birdridden
- birds
- birds egg
- birds eye
- birds eye view
- birds in their little nests agree
- birds nest
- birds of a beak
- birds of a feather
- birds of a feather flock together
- birds of heaven
- birds-eyed
- birds-foot
- birds-nie
- birdscape
- birdscarer
- birdseed
- birdseeds
- birdseller
- birdseyed
- birdsfoot
- birdshooer
- birdshot
- birdshots
- birdsnaring