Meaning & use
twixt
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an archaic or poetic contraction of 'betwixt,' meaning between.
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The old ballad speaks of a love torn 'twixt duty and desire.
The cottage stood twixt the forest and the river.
A note on using this word
Twixt survives mainly in poetry, song lyrics, and deliberately old-fashioned or whimsical writing -- it would sound out of place in ordinary conversation.
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