What does two-to-one mean?
Two-to-one means (UK, slang, obsolete) The pawnbroker's sign of three balls..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) The pawnbroker's sign of three balls..
“A pawnbroker!” cried Dick, with a loud laugh; whereupon the two-to-one lady blushed up to the eyes and whispered to her friend, “How could they know us?”
A song I'm going to sing you, / And presently I'll bring you, / Where your conscience I hope won't sting you, / — At the sign of the Two-to-one!
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Two-to-one means (UK, slang, obsolete) The pawnbroker's sign of three balls..
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“A pawnbroker!” cried Dick, with a loud laugh; whereupon the two-to-one lady blushed up to the eyes and whispered to her friend, “How could they know us?”
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