two-upn.adj.adv.

Etymology: up adv.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtwo-up.

A. n. (and adj.)

1. Australian and New Zealand. A gambling game played by tossing two coins, bets being laid on the showing of two heads or two tails.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > two up, etc. > [noun]

Tommy Dodd1865

odd man wins1884

two-up1898

swy1940

swy game1950

1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Sept. 32 At 'loo he'd lately scooped the pool; He'd simply smashed the two-up school.

1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. Red Page/2 The kip is the piece of wood used in ‘two-up’, otherwise pitch and toss.

1911 L. Stone Jonah vi. 213 He marked pak-a-pu tickets, took the kip at two-up, and staked his last shilling more readily than the first.

1916 G. Thornton Wowser viii. 108 Forty young men..were..playing that favourite but not intellectual game of chance, ‘two-up’.

1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell viii. 137 Two dozen mounted police charged the two-up schools, involving a heavy loss of stakes as the men scattered.

1948 V. Palmer Golconda iv. 27 A fellow of some power, a fellow who had been used to handling the rough crowds of two-up rings.

1952 J. Cleary Sundowners 229 Who's for a game of two-up? Got just the place out the back?

1960 P. Wilson in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 2nd Ser. 129 Some had a two-up school going on in the corner.

1965 B. Wannan Fair Go, Spinner iv. 192 The landlord of the pub, who ran the two-up school, roared out to them, ‘Stay where you are, around the ring, but put your dough outa sight!’

1980 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 19 June 3/4 Two-up is banned in Queensland.

1982 G. Greer in Observer 8 Aug. 21/3 Two-up is Australia's very own way of parting a fool and his money.

2. two-up n. U.S. (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1931 Amer. Speech Oct. 47 The men who drive the ‘four-up’, the four mule teams, are ‘higher’ than the ‘two-up drivers’.

3. two-up two-down n. (also two-up and two-down) a house with two reception rooms downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs. Also attributive or as adj. So two-up-and-two-downer.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style

hall-house1467

longhouse1643

bungalow1676

single housea1684

tower-house1687

villa1755

box1773

cottage orné1774

villarette1792

mews1805

cottage1808

terrace house1817

casita1822

villa dwelling1833

villa residence1833

box-house1846

six-roomer1853

terrace1854

tembe1860

moat house1871

parlour house1871

row house1871

salt-box1876

trullo1898

townhouse1900

colonial1903

semi1912

Cape Cod1916

bungaloid1927

semi-detached1928

ranchette1938

solar house1946

rambler1947

rancher1950

ranch1951

tunnel-back1957

sidesplit1958

two-up-and-two-downer1958

two-up two-down1958

semi-det1960

A-frame1963

townhouse1965

tri-level1965

link house1968

split1970

dormer bungalow1977

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > house of specific shape or style

back-to-back1626

detached1706

self-contained1767

ground-floored1824

semi-detached1859

bungaloid1927

bi-level1929

one-up, one-down1933

blind back1937

terraced1958

tri-level1960

split entry1967

two-up two-down1973

1958 Listener 7 Aug. 212/1 The microphone popped in and out of the two-up-and-two-downers.

1962 Radio Times 2 Aug. 37/2 Recalling such local institutions [in Liverpool] as ‘the two-up, two-downs’.

1970 J. Sangster Touchfeather, Too v. 125 A smart little two up and two down somewhere in the suburbs.

1973 Times 18 May 4/5 Long, straight terraces of miners' cottages, typically two up, two down.

1978 Times 18 May 18/4 I am a poor cotton town boy who grew up in a two-up two-down.

1978 M. Kenyon Deep Pocket vi. 71 The two-up, two-down brick and dinginess of Ensign Terrace.

B. adv.

Two at a time, two together.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > [adverb]

two-up1926

1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) lx. 319 The man made camel less could double-bank another, riding two-up, in emergency.

1967 N. S. M. Cox & M. W. Grose Organization Bibliogr. Rec. by Computer ii. 25 Master output for photo-litho reproduction ‘two-up’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	two-up
释义	two-upn.adj.adv. Etymology: up adv.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtwo-up. A. n. (and adj.) 1. Australian and New Zealand. A gambling game played by tossing two coins, bets being laid on the showing of two heads or two tails. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > two up, etc. > [noun] Tommy Dodd1865 odd man wins1884 two-up1898 swy1940 swy game1950 1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Sept. 32 At 'loo he'd lately scooped the pool; He'd simply smashed the two-up school. 1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. Red Page/2 The kip is the piece of wood used in ‘two-up’, otherwise pitch and toss. 1911 L. Stone Jonah vi. 213 He marked pak-a-pu tickets, took the kip at two-up, and staked his last shilling more readily than the first. 1916 G. Thornton Wowser viii. 108 Forty young men..were..playing that favourite but not intellectual game of chance, ‘two-up’. 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell viii. 137 Two dozen mounted police charged the two-up schools, involving a heavy loss of stakes as the men scattered. 1948 V. Palmer Golconda iv. 27 A fellow of some power, a fellow who had been used to handling the rough crowds of two-up rings. 1952 J. Cleary Sundowners 229 Who's for a game of two-up? Got just the place out the back? 1960 P. Wilson in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 2nd Ser. 129 Some had a two-up school going on in the corner. 1965 B. Wannan Fair Go, Spinner iv. 192 The landlord of the pub, who ran the two-up school, roared out to them, ‘Stay where you are, around the ring, but put your dough outa sight!’ 1980 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 19 June 3/4 Two-up is banned in Queensland. 1982 G. Greer in Observer 8 Aug. 21/3 Two-up is Australia's very own way of parting a fool and his money. 2. two-up n. U.S. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1931 Amer. Speech Oct. 47 The men who drive the ‘four-up’, the four mule teams, are ‘higher’ than the ‘two-up drivers’. 3. two-up two-down n. (also two-up and two-down) a house with two reception rooms downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs. Also attributive or as adj. So two-up-and-two-downer. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style hall-house1467 longhouse1643 bungalow1676 single housea1684 tower-house1687 villa1755 box1773 cottage orné1774 villarette1792 mews1805 cottage1808 terrace house1817 casita1822 villa dwelling1833 villa residence1833 box-house1846 six-roomer1853 terrace1854 tembe1860 moat house1871 parlour house1871 row house1871 salt-box1876 trullo1898 townhouse1900 colonial1903 semi1912 Cape Cod1916 bungaloid1927 semi-detached1928 ranchette1938 solar house1946 rambler1947 rancher1950 ranch1951 tunnel-back1957 sidesplit1958 two-up-and-two-downer1958 two-up two-down1958 semi-det1960 A-frame1963 townhouse1965 tri-level1965 link house1968 split1970 dormer bungalow1977 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > house of specific shape or style back-to-back1626 detached1706 self-contained1767 ground-floored1824 semi-detached1859 bungaloid1927 bi-level1929 one-up, one-down1933 blind back1937 terraced1958 tri-level1960 split entry1967 two-up two-down1973 1958 Listener 7 Aug. 212/1 The microphone popped in and out of the two-up-and-two-downers. 1962 Radio Times 2 Aug. 37/2 Recalling such local institutions [in Liverpool] as ‘the two-up, two-downs’. 1970 J. Sangster Touchfeather, Too v. 125 A smart little two up and two down somewhere in the suburbs. 1973 Times 18 May 4/5 Long, straight terraces of miners' cottages, typically two up, two down. 1978 Times 18 May 18/4 I am a poor cotton town boy who grew up in a two-up two-down. 1978 M. Kenyon Deep Pocket vi. 71 The two-up, two-down brick and dinginess of Ensign Terrace. B. adv. Two at a time, two together. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > [adverb] two-up1926 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) lx. 319 The man made camel less could double-bank another, riding two-up, in emergency. 1967 N. S. M. Cox & M. W. Grose Organization Bibliogr. Rec. by Computer ii. 25 Master output for photo-litho reproduction ‘two-up’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.adj.adv.1898
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