two-forty on a plank road
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
36
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
The quality of being "fast", i.e. immoral in one's habits.
Canadian usage; American usage; Obsolete; Slang
Example Sentences
- "The passion of young New York is for horses — fast horses — two-forty on a plank road."
- "[…] some that remained, running to and fro, with white rags suspended on broom-handles, and an old darky had a bleached salt-sack tied to a limb of a tree, waving it at the rate of two-forty on a plank-road."
- "In Canada, where trotting is also a very favourite amusement, and whence came the famous trotting mare Flora Temple, a very “fast” young lady is generally spoken of as “two forty on a plank road.”"