Meaning of two twos | Babel Free

Definitions

A very short time; a jiffy.

Jamaica, Trinidad-and-Tobago, plural, plural-only

Examples

“Never mind appearances; it's performance and accomplishment we're going for, and within two twos we shall have done two-thirds of the feat.”

“The slight contretemps claimed her attention but in two twos she set that little matter to rights.”

“They begin to work on the song, and One Foot so good that in two twos he fix up a tune. So Razor Blade pick up a^([sic]) empty bottle and a piece of stick, and One Foot start beating the table, and is so they getting on, singing this new calypso that they invent.”

“At last, the taxi comes. It's a decrepit Jowett driven presumably by Joe, who must be at least sixty. In no time he has stowed bags and suitcases into the boot and the back of the car. If the little 'un sits on Lily's knee, they'll be off in two twos.”

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