two bob
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Less flashy in its post-modernism than the MI6 building, more sober in its brick-framed glass curtain walling, Sally Malone would have pointed out that this was the two-bob side of the block, as against the half-crown riverbank site of the other building."
- "Judging from the spectrum and the brightness Dr Stickland “wouldn′t give two bob either way”."
Usage
- Australian usage
- British usage
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
- Slang
Inflected Forms
two-bob (alternative)
Phrases
bent as a two bob note
get one's two bob's worth
give two bob each way
have one's two bob's worth
silly as a two bob watch