local. Also tweeney, -ie. [f. ’TWEEN + -Y.] A maid-servant who assists both the cook and the housemaid; a between-maid. Also tweeny girl, -maid.
1888. in N. & Q., 7th Ser. VI. 458/1. A few years back … Being in want or a girl to ease both the cook and the housemaid … [a] neighbour … replied … ‘You want a tweenie.’
1904. Daily News, 18 April, 8. A certain useful section of the servant class, who … were known as ‘tweenies.’
1906. Daily Record & Mail, 17 Dec., 4. We may learn tone from our valets, courtesy from our cooks, and tact from our tweeny girls.
