two-four

English

Alternative forms

• two four, 2-4, 24

Etymology

From the two digits used to form the number twenty-four, decimal 24, in place notation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈfɔɹ/

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Noun

two-four (plural two-fours)

1. (Canada, slang) A case of twenty-four bottles or cans of beer.
   • 1980, Sundogs: Stories from Saskatchewan, page 85:

     Happy and me chip in together and buy a two-four of Labatt's plus a couple of bags of potato chips.

   • 2007, Michell Downey, Beauty and the Beast Within, page 233:

     “Winston, Maxine and I are going to the beer store to buy a two four, would you mind staying here with baby until I get back?”