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two⋅fer

  [too-fer]
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–noun Informal.
1. a card or ticket entitling the holder to purchase two tickets to a theatrical performance at a reduced price.
2. a coupon or offer entitling a person to purchase two items or services for approximately the price of one.
3. a person who belongs to two minority groups and can satisfy two quotas or appeal to two political constituencies, esp. a black woman, who can be counted twice in a position she holds, as fulfilling a racial and a sexual quota.
Origin:
1885–90; from the phrase two for (the price of one, a nickel, etc.), with final (ər) humorously taken as -er 1 ; cf. gofer
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two·fer   (tōō'fər)   
n.   Informal

  1. A coupon offering two items, especially tickets for a play, for the price of one.

  2. An offer, a deal, or an arrangement in which a single expense yields a dual return: Going to a wedding in New Orleans during Mardi Gras was a twofer.

  3. One who belongs to two minority groups and can be counted, as by an employer, as part of two quotas.


[Alteration of two for (the price of one).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
twofer [ˈtufɚ]

  1. n.
    an item that is selling two for the price of one. : Here's a good deal—a twofer—only $7.98. , Everything in this store is a twofer. I only want one of these. Do I have to bring a friend who wants one, too?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
twofer
two for [one]
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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