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twosome, n. and a. Orig. Sc.|ˈtuːsəm|
(4–6 twasum, 9 twasome).
[f. two + -some. Cf. WFris. twaresom, -sum.]
A. n.
1. Two persons together; two in company; a pair of lovers.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints l. (Katerine) 691 Full Ioyfull þane þire twasum war. 1489Barbour's Bruce x. 19 Twasum samyn mycht nocht rid. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 276 Thair was nane left onslaine bot himsellff his brother and twasum with thame. a1802Auld Maitland liii. in Scott Minstr. Scott. Bord. (1869) 157 The twa-some they hae slayne the ane. 1816Scott Bl. Dwarf viii, The rest disperse by twasome and threesome. c1870Jethart Worthies (ed. 3) 58 The twosome kept the secret for a season or two. 1893Crockett Stickit Minister x. 120 When the twasome had been haein' denner thegither. 1926[see foursome B. n. 2]. 1945L. Shelly Jive Talk Dict. 19/2 Twosome,..lovers. 1959Manch. Guardian 12 Aug. 6/2 For the leaders of the nations..the rule is two by two. What is one to think of these twosomes? 1972Guardian 4 Dec. 12/1 Government in Australia and New Zealand has become a socialist twosome. 1973L. Snelling Heresy i. i. 8 Shockley and..Rosamund became a definite twosome in Rome. 1978J. Irving World according to Garp xii. 232 Along came another Land Rover, as if they were a separated twosome from a column of an army on the move. 1982H. Engel Ransom Game xvii. 101 Eddie Milano..used to spend a lot on her. They didn't keep house..—there's a Mrs. Milano out in Fort Erie, I think—but they were known as a twosome in the joints.
2. A game, dance, etc. for two persons.
1911in Conc. Oxf. Dict. 1977Washington Post 3 Sept. d7/4 Irwin and Weiskopf..had to roll in 25-foot birdie putts at the 18th in the last twosome of the day. 1983Ibid. 6 Nov. c2/1 The [golf] competition..also includes two some matches.
B. adj. Performed by two together.
1825Jamieson, Twasum is still used to denote a dance, in which two persons are engaged; a twasome dance, i.e., a strathspey. 1830Galt Lawrie T. vi. i, Whisking round and round the room to a two-some reel. |