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词组 two-up
释义 two-up
noun
  1. a gesture that is used to insult or otherwise cause offence UK: SCOTLAND
    The forefinger and the middle finger are extended to form a V shape, with the palm turned in towards the gesturer.
    • He started it. He gied us the two-up. — Michael Munro, The Original Patter, p. 71, 1985
  2. a gambling game in which two pennies are tossed from a small flat bat AUSTRALIA, 1884
    • When your luck at two-up’s lousy, and you view your meagre pay /–Well, you don’t get drunk too often on that two and six a day! — Tip Kelaher, The Digger Hat and other verses, p. 24, 1942
    • Some bloke sold it to me for a tenner. Wanted the money for a game of two-up. — Jean Brooks, The Opal Witch, p. 133, 1967
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