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two bob
noun
the sum of two shillings AUSTRALIA
After decimal currency was introduced in 1966, used for the sum of twenty cents.- — Norman Lindsay, Saturdee, p. 149, 1934
- — Gavin Casey, It’s Harder for Girls, p. 31, 1941
- Then there was the Saturday he put two bob each way on some no-hoper at Rosehill and the no-hoper came in at fifty to one. — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 27, 1954
- She got me tight and I woke up in the park without any dough except a two-bob piece and a few coppers. — Vince Kelly, The Bogeyman, p. 10, 1956
- They’re radio actors. No work, no money, no manners. Two bob an’ one suit, that’s them. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 20, 1957
- — J.E. MacDonnell, Don’t Gimme the Ships, p. 25, 1960
- — Robert S. Close, With Hooves of Brass, p. 80, 1961
- Bloody policeman there one time charged me two bob after inspecting the way bill. — Herb Wharton, Cattle Camp, p. 112, 1994
- They offered us two bob (20 cents) for each ball we could find. — Rex Hunt, Tall Tales–and True, p. 74, 1994
- When I was your age I was digging ditches for two bob an hour and coming home to a meal of bread and bloody dripping. — Phillip Gwynne, Deadly Unna?, p. 212, 1998
▶ have two bob each way
to have all contingencies working for you; to hedge your bets AUSTRALIA, 1973- That IS a good lurk. He’s got two bob each way. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 20, 1979
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