two-four
English
Alternative forms
- two four, 2-4, 24
Etymology
From the two digits used to form the number twenty-four, decimal 24, in place notation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuˈfɔɹ/
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Noun
- (Canada, slang) A case of twenty-four bottles or cans of beer.
- 1980, Sundogs: Stories from Saskatchewan, page 85:
- Happy and me chip in together and buy a two-four of Labatt's plus a couple of bags of potato chips.
- 2007, Michell Downey, Beauty and the Beast Within, page 233:
- “Winston, Maxine and I are going to the beer store to buy a two four, would you mind staying here with baby until I get back?”
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