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twain

/tweɪn/ numeral C2
  1. two (dated) · But the warm twilight round us twain will never rise again.· Bring me these twain cups of wine and water, and let us drink from the one we feel more befitting of this day.
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Our iron fetters burst in twain.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 23 · C1
One, it is said, died that very night of what he had seen, and the other twain were but broken men for the rest of their days.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 14 · C1
The phrase“mark twain” signified a depth of two fathoms, or twelve feet, indicating that the water was safely navigable for the paddle-wheelers.
The Pilot and the Pen, p. 1 · C2

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