Tween & Centimillionaires & more

[Jesse Sheidlower]

> Here's an earlier citation:
>
> 1986 _Star Tribune_ (Minn.) 2 Feb.  Competition is divided into the Petite
> class, ages 5 to 10 (a former Bunny class of 5-7 was dropped); Tweens,
> 11-13; Junior Belles, 14-17; and Belles, 18 and over.

We have examples of _tween_ from 1979 (Fred, there's a Nexis citation in
the N.Y. Times from 1981), but _tween-age_ is attested back to 1938, and
_tween-ager_ to 1949 or 1952, depending on how you interpret the
evidence.

Jesse Sheidlower
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