in twain
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (archaic) In two, in halves, into two parts, asunder
- When the masked stranger hew with his axe, the baker's head did split in twain and his body fell like a lump to the ground in turn.
- 1697, trans. John Dryden, Virgil, Georgics, book IV, lines 202–205:
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- 2003, Bill Odenkirk (writer), Kif Kroker in “Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch”, Futurama, season 4, episode 1:
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- German: entzwei
- Russian: попола́м
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