two-by-four

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Adjective

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two-by-four

  1. measuring two inches by four inches
  2. (by extension) small or cramped

Noun

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two-by-four (plural two-by-fours)

  1. (construction) A length of lumber having a cross section of two inches by four inches, or in the case of dimensional lumber three and a half inches by one and a half inches.
  2. (slang) Synonym of Tijuana Bible (kind of pornographic comic book)
    • 2008, Barry Schwartz, Abraham Lincoln in the Post-Heroic Era, page 354:
      [] the movie plot of Superman II, in which Superman and Lois Lane work up to a sexual liaison (which was seen before 1960 only in “two by fours” and similar pornographic comic strips.).

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