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two-bob watch
noun
a cheap, poorly made watch AUSTRALIA, 1954
Used metaphorically.- He would describe somebody as being “as silly as a two-bob watch”. — George Johnston, My Brother Jack, p. 58, 1964
- O’Reilly is more temperamental than a Hollywood film star. He carries on like a two-bob watch. — Bluey, Bush Contractors, p. 239, 1975
- The old cow was as mean as a two-bob watch! — Lance Peters, The Dirty Half-Mile, p. 94, 1979
- Name another world power where the police aren’t as bent as a two-bob watch and the State Premiers aren’t on every kick-back in the book. — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 22, 1985
▶ go off like a two-bob watch
(of a woman) to be an astoundingly good sexual partner AUSTRALIA- I reckon she’d have dropped her harolds and gone off like a two-bob watch at the first Pom to have a Captain Cook at her norks! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off, 1971
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