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Definition of twain number from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

twain

number

/tweɪn/

/tweɪn/

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two
Word OriginOld English twegen, masculine of twā, of Germanic origin.

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never the twain shall meet

(saying) used to say that two things are so different that they cannot exist together

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never the twain shall meet

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