Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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two-fisted drinkern. a heavy drinker;
someone who drinks with both hands. 
Harry was a two-fisted drinker, a cave
man, and a lady-killer. The world is
filled with guys who aspire to be two-fisted
drinkers.


two shakes of a lamb’s tailmod. quickly;
rapidly. I’ll be there in two shakes of a
lamb’s tail. In two shakes of a lamb’s
tail, the entire pile of bricks had collapsed.


two sheets to the windGo to three
sheets in the wind.


two-timetv. to deceive one’s lover. Sam
wouldn’t two-time Martha. He just
wouldn’t! Sam would and did two-
time Martha!


two-time losern. a confirmed loser. 
Poor Pete is a two-time loser. Martin is
a two-time loser, or at least he looks like
one.


two-timern. one who deceives one’s lover.
Sam just isn’t my idea of the typical
two-timer. Of course not. Two-timers
rarely look like two-timers.
two-toppern. a restaurant table that will
seat two people. (Restaurant jargon.) 
There are two-toppers on each side of the
kitchen door.
two umlauts[“tu “umlaUts] n. a Löwen-
bräu (brand) beer. I’ll take a two um-
lauts. Calling a beer “two umlauts” is
the most contrived bit of slang I have ever
heard of.
two-way streetn. a reciprocal situation.
This is a two-way street, you know. You
will have to help me someday in return.
Friendship is a two-way street.
typen. a combining form indicating a spec-
ified type of person. He’s a cave man
type. You know, sort of hairy and smelly.
Ted’s the brainy type, but has no guts.

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