noun

twain

TWAYN/twˈeɪn/

Two people or things considered as a pair

The twain of pears rests together in a shallow bowl.

Exactly two ripe pears nestled side by side in one small shallow bowl, visibly treated as a single pair.

Etymology

Old English twegen meant “two” in the masculine gender. After English lost that gender distinction, twain survived as an alternative to two, allowing it to name two people or things considered together.

In context

Witch Doctor174:46

I'm going to let out the pigs alex's going to let out the cows and hopefully never the twain shall meet

Victorian Farm Episodes 1-6

More examples

The poem imagines the twain reunited.
The old saying declares that the twain shall never meet.
She used twain as a literary word for two.

Forms

twain

Similar words

pair: Pair is the ordinary term.
duo: Duo often names two people acting together.