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Meaning of two-to-one | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The pawnbroker's sign of three balls.

UK, obsolete, slang

Examples

““A pawnbroker!” cried Dick, with a loud laugh⟳; whereupon the two-to-one lady blushed up to the eyes and whispered to her friend, “How could they know⟳ us?””
“A song I'm going to sing⟳ you, / And presently I'll bring⟳ you, / Where your conscience I hope⟳ won't sting⟳ you, / — At the sign⟳ of the Two-to-one!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

two-toed sloth Two-tone two-top two-up two-up-two-down Two-valued

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