twos

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Noun

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twos

  1. plural of two.
    It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers.
    The people arrived in twos and threes.
  2. The age of two; two years old.
    The boy in his twos is just learning to walk.
    Twos are the hardest year on parents.

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twos pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, prison slang) The cells located on the first floor.
    Coordinate terms: ones, threes, fours, fives

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Noun

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twos pl (plural only)

  1. (poker slang) A pair of twos.
    Synonyms: deuces, ducks
  2. (sports) A reserves team.

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Verb

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twos (third-person singular simple present twoses, present participle twosing, simple past and past participle twosed)

  1. (transitive, MLE) To share a cigarette with someone after smoking half of it.
    • 2007 January 29, “Pacemaker” (track 8), in Jamie T (lyrics), Panic Prevention[1]:
      With a lump in your throat, she won’t understand
      Twos on a cigarette and talk blah-blah
    • 2020 July 3, “Lightwork Freestyle”, Y.CB of 7th (lyrics)‎[2]:
      Tell bro “make sure you twos that, yute!”

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Romanization

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twōs

  1. Romanization of 𐍄𐍅𐍉𐍃