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four by two
noun- a Jewish person UK, 1936
Rhyming slang, originally military. Variants include “four by”, “fourby” and “four-he”– but “three by two”, a civilian variation, is now obsolete. - Lew Silver, a well known artistic four by two, who, at the time of writing, is pretty flaked[.] — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- Excuse the lack of etiquette, but what’s your name? Mort? Mort Lazarus. (To himself) A four-by-two. — Jack Hibberd, A Stretch of the Imagination, p. 9, 1971
- Hang on a sec you silly dag while I square off this four-be-two. — The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, 1972
- [A] rich four-by-twoish merchant. — Ronnie Barker, Fletcher’s Book of Rhyming Slang, p. 27, 1979
- a prison warder AUSTRALIA
Rhyming slang for SCREW- When they were in a good mood they called us “screws”, “four-by-twos” or “boss”[.] — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 11, 2001
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