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Examples of twain in a Sentence
I like rap and my parents like country music, and never the twain shall meet in our house.
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But the twain do meet at the island’s golf courses, tennis courts, sailing school and beaches.
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Almost ne’er the twain did meet — though that could soon change.
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And when everything is correct, the twain never shall meet: Coolant stays outside the cylinders and the combustion materials stay inside.
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While the mechanisms are different, the result is the same: Never the twain shall meet.
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The goal: Figuring out the easiest and cheapest way to cross off everything on on a back-to-school shopping list -- and whether the twain would ever meet.
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Normally, Washington's party-line divide extends from politics to policy to actual partying, with Dems tending to mix with Dems, Republicans with Republicans, and the twain rarely meeting.
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First Known Use of twain
12th century
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First Known Use of twain
before 12th century
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Origin and Etymology of twain
Middle English, from Old English twēgen — more at two
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