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noun
A young person who is not yet a teenager (being less than thirteen years old), but starting to act like one: generally ten to twelve years old.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Blend of 'tween + teenager. Attested as early as the 1950s, but popularized in the late 20th or early 21st century.
