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    TWAIN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Two items of the same kindplay

    Synonyms:

    brace; couple; couplet; distich; duad; duet; duo; dyad; pair; span; twain; twosome; yoke

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("twain" is a kind of...):

    2; deuce; II; two (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number)

    Meronyms (parts of "twain"):

    fellow; mate (one of a pair)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "twain"):

    doubleton ((bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player)

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