Noun
I like rap and my parents like country music, and never the twain shall meet in our house.
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Wondering where the twain meet with these veteran politicians?—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025 The Moose wants Leon Draisaitl money, $14 million per year, and ne’er the twain.—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025 That is, until DARPA initiated its SPRINT program aimed at making the twain meet in an aircraft that could take off, land, and hover like a rotorcraft and then transition into a jet when in vertical flight.—David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2024 The Victorian world was cleft in twain, with men on one side, and women on the other.—Hugh Ryan, Town & Country, 25 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for twain
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Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Old English twēgen — more at two
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