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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tuˈfɔɹ/
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Particularly: "Canadian English"

Noun

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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?”