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Definition or meaning of the English word Twain
Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse; but used in poetry and burlesque. (a. & n.).
Twain Related Proverbs
"East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet". - The meaning of this proverb is The culture of the West (Europe and the Americas) will always be very different from that of the East (Asia). (Twain means “two.”) This saying is part of the refrain of “The Ballad of East and West,” a poem by Rudyard Kipling.
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