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tweeny

/ˈtwiːni/
noun
  1. A young servant or maid, especially one who helps both the kitchen and the housework.
    • The novel describes the hard life of a tweeny in a Victorian household.
    • In the old manor, the tweeny was responsible for scrubbing floors and washing dishes.
    • She started as a tweeny at age 14, working her way up to head cook.
Synonyms
servant
adjective
  1. Very small or tiny; often used in Scottish or Northern English dialects.
    • The kitten was a tweeny little thing, fitting in the palm of my hand.
    • The cottage had tweeny windows that let in just a sliver of light.
    • She gave me a tweeny piece of cake, barely a bite.
Synonyms
tinywee
Antonyms
huge
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