10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOUR-BY-TWO»
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The Chambers Dictionary
four'-by-two' the piece of cloth in a rifle pull- through; an army biscuit; a piece of
wood, etc four (inches, etc) by two (inches, etc). — adj four-col our (photog or
printing) involving or using four colours (magenta, cyan, yellow and black) as
primary ...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
99, 1998 four by two noun 1 a Jewish person uk 1936 Rhyming slang, originally
military. Variants include 'four by', 'fourby' and 'four-he'- but 'three by two', a
civilian variation, is now obsolete. • Lew Silver, a well known artistic four by two,
who, ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
A play on 'two-by-four', the dimensions of the most common timber used in
construction US, 1998 four by two noun 1 a Jewish person. Rhyming slang,
originally military. Variants include 'four by', 'fourby' and 'four-he'– but 'three by
two', ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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A Dictionary of Rhyming Slang
Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang, Addenda. four by two A jew. This is of
1914.48 wartime origin. A 'four by two' was the piece of rag, measuring four by
two inches, that was issued to the troops for the purpose of cleaning the bore of
the short ...
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
'Felix. regarded. Randall. as. a. fourletter. man. of. the. first. order.' forit. form. forty.
forty-rodwhisky. four-by-two. frame-up frank frat freak freakazoid freckle. both
gettin' followed, for all we know, we're both goin' t'get prosecuted f'doin' a ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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A cyclopedia of agriculture, practical and scientific: in ...
Put in the lower openings for ventilating the stables, Sc., frames four by two aud a
half inches, with double-cased sliding frames, like those of the under part of the
above- speciticd windows. 83. Fit up in the inside of the poultry-house windows, ...
John Chalmers Morton, 1855
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Lessons for Extending Division, Grades 4-5
... can divide four by two with no leftovers.” To reinforce Terrell's idea and make
the connection between multiplication and division, I said, “Yes, you can prove
that four is a multiple of two by showing that it's divisible by two and that you can
get ...
Maryann Wickett, Marilyn Burns, 2003
... by seven The negative of seven plus two Multiplying Two Numbers The
commutative property allows us to write the product of factors in either order: 2x4
=8 4x2=8 Two times four Four times two Two by four Four by two The product of
two and ...
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Field Programmable Logic and Applications: Reconfigurable ...
... inputs are mutliplied by a four-by-four matrix of programmable weights. Of
course, by setting the appropriate weights to zero a single multipy, or a four-by-
one, four-by-two, or four-by-three matrix-vector multiply can also be
accomplished ...
Manfred Glesner, Peter Zipf, Michel Renovell, 2002
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Appletons Dictionary of Machines, Mechanics, Engine-work, ...
There are three decks; the beams are made of angle-iron four by two inches, and
han an inch thick, split at the ends to form braces ; they are covered with sheets of
iron one-fourth of an inch thick. The stiffening tubes are sixteen inches ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOUR-BY-TWO»
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four-by-two is used in the context of the following news items.
TNT opts for Stralis following trial
TNT has added 20 Iveco Stralis Hi-Road four-by-two tractor units to its fleet, following an 80,000km six-month evaluation of a demonstrator. «Logistics Manager, Jun 15»
Illinois men charged with kidnapping, threats, as man locked in safe
The complaint also states the victim was placed in a four-by-two foot, locked storage safe, and was left in the small space for five hours. «WKOW, Jun 15»
Schooling claims eighth gold
SINGAPORE: In most swimming meets, a reference to four-by-two would be the short-hand term for a relay. At the Southeast Asian Games, ... «Gulf Daily News, Jun 15»
Class 3A Track and Field Championships: Lexington schools assert …
"I think you saw it in the four-by-two — 1:25, which is a state record. So they were kind of angry." As for the 100, that belonged to South Laurel's ... «Lexington Herald Leader, May 15»
Batavia wins West Aurora sectional
"The four-by-two felt great because it was for a sectional championship," Petty said. "(In the 200) that's where I feel my best: in the final 100 ... «Chicago Daily Herald, May 15»
Waubonsie Valley's Tyler Kirkwood passes test in hurdles at invite
"I think our four-by-two team is one of the best in the state, at least based on Top Times," Lewis said. Mitch Waller is another option for Lewis in ... «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
Spring Sports Preview 2015: Friday Harbor Track & Field | Prep sports
Her events are the four-by-two, the 200 sprint, javelin and long jump. Over the years she's realized that track and field is more of an individual ... «Journal of the San Juan Islands, Mar 15»
Pulp mill stink spelled the end of Gunns: book review
But Beresford wields this point like a piece of four-by-two, hitting the reader over the head with "authoritarian leader", "authoritarian leadership", ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
Statewide search for man who escaped Monterey County Jail
Deputies said Swanson climbed up a 45-degree-angled ventilation duct, punched a small four-by-two window out and was able to access the ... «KIONrightnow.com, Dec 14»
Cyclone Tracy: Dr Ella Stack recalls the high school that became a …
"Right in the middle of our bed was a 10-foot long four-by-two bit of wood." A beam from next door's verandah had pierced the wall of the ... «ABC Online, Dec 14»
