twish

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English twyx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twiːʃ/

Preposition

twish

1. betwixt, between

   Synonym: betweesk

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:

     Twish thee an Tommeen, an ee emothee knaghane.

     Betwixt you and Tommy and the pismire-hill.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 73