four-by-twon.

Brit.

/ˌfɔːbʌɪˈtuː/,

/ˌfɔːbɪˈtuː/, U.S.

/ˌfɔrˌbaɪˈtu/, Australian English

/ˌfɔːbɑeˈtuː/, New Zealand English /ˌfoːbɑeˈtuː/

Forms: 1800s– four-by-two, 1900s– four-be-two.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: four n., by prep., two n.

Etymology: < four n. + by prep. + two n., so called on account of its dimensions (in inches). Compare slightly earlier two-by-four n.

1. Frequently Australian and New Zealand. Wood with a rectangular cross-section of four inches by two inches (10.2 cm by 5.1 cm), often used in construction work. Also as a count noun: a length of wood with a rectangular cross-section of these dimensions.Timber of this size is more commonly referred to as two-by-four (two-by-four n. 1).

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1873 Riverine Herald (Echuca, Victoria & Moama, New S. Wales) 29 Mar. Strange as it may appear, ‘four by two’ and such like stuff, suitable for building cottages, is sold at Boolarook at two shillings and three pence per hundred!

1897 J. C. Buckmaster Village Politician 83 All this would arise from using a piece of timber four by two and a quarter instead of a four by two, a size not in stock.

1954 Circular Head Chron. (Smithton, Tasmania) 5 May Construction mainly of four by twos, unpainted weatherboards and half-inch boards.

1988 G. Lay Fools on Hill 230 Philip sat on the hard clay patch in the centre of the floor, his back against the piece of four by two which propped up the ridge-beam.

2003 R. T. Burton By my own Hand i. 8 ‘Do you have any old stuff you can give us, any old scrap wood, please, maybe some four by twos?’ A logical request from a boy uninitiated in the language of lumber. ‘You mean two by fours, don't you?’

2. Military slang (British and Australian). Material (esp. flannelette), often issued (or later sold) on a pre-perforated roll and torn off in pieces measuring four inches by two inches (10.2 cm by 5.1 cm), which are pulled through the barrel of a gun in order to clean it. Also as a count noun: a piece of rag (originally one measuring four by two inches) used for this purpose; a pull through (pull-through n. 1).

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > instrument for cleaning bore > pull- or push-through > cloth on pull-through

four-by-two1911

1911 Derbyshire Courier 14 Jan. 11/3 It was a neat [Christmas] card outside, and inside quite a regimental lot of good wishes were printed on a strip of four-by-two, the common or garden variety of cleaning flannel. It came from one of the Wirksworth shooting group needless to say.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 97 Four by two, the term for the piece of flannel issued as a ‘pull through’ for cleaning a rifle. From its size, four inches by two.

1930 P. MacDonald Link 88 Cross maintains that the oil-bottle and four-by-two must have been to clean the rifle.

1974 T. Carew Wipers viii. 176 ‘Four by two’, like everything else, was scarce; barrels of rifles were so clogged with mud that the rope of pull-throughs broke.

2011 J. Strong My Little Eye (e-book, accessed 5 Oct. 2021) I carried on pulling the four by two through the barrel, it had to be shining before they would accept it back into the armoury.

3. [Rhyming slang for Jew n.] British and Australian. A Jewish person.Now likely to be considered derogatory.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew

JudeishOE

Judew?a1160

Jewa1225

Jew mana1382

Israelitec1384

Hebrewc1450

Hebraean1509

Christ-killer1532

Hebrician1542

Jacobinea1625

Shylock1786

Jew boy1796

sheeny1824

ikey1836

Moses1844

Yahudi1858

Yiddisher1859

Yid1874

Semite1881

mocky1893

kike1901

five-to-two1914

Jewy1914

shonicker1914

ikeymo1922

non-Aryan1922

non-Aryan1924

four-by-two1936

shonk1938

bagel1956

Hymie1956

mock1967

yiddo1972

1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid vii. 69 That's all right so long as it's not ham... I'm a four-be two, you see.

1967 J. Wynnum I'm a Jack, all Right xi. 128 Joe was munching industriously at a huge piece of pork. ‘I'd have hated to have been born a four-by-two, and missed out on this.’

1970 ‘E. McGirr’ Death pays Wages iii. 60 ‘This Marx, was he a four by two?’ demanded Quimple. ‘Pardon?’ ‘A Jew, sir, a Jew.’

2013 M. Lawson Deaths xii. 420 ‘He saw me as an uppity little northern Jew.’ ‘Rubbish.’ Jonny has just come back into the room... ‘I doubt he even knew you were a four-by-two.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	four-by-two
释义	four-by-twon. Brit. /ˌfɔːbʌɪˈtuː/, /ˌfɔːbɪˈtuː/, U.S. /ˌfɔrˌbaɪˈtu/, Australian English /ˌfɔːbɑeˈtuː/, New Zealand English /ˌfoːbɑeˈtuː/ Forms: 1800s– four-by-two, 1900s– four-be-two. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: four n., by prep., two n. Etymology: < four n. + by prep. + two n., so called on account of its dimensions (in inches). Compare slightly earlier two-by-four n. 1. Frequently Australian and New Zealand. Wood with a rectangular cross-section of four inches by two inches (10.2 cm by 5.1 cm), often used in construction work. Also as a count noun: a length of wood with a rectangular cross-section of these dimensions.Timber of this size is more commonly referred to as two-by-four (two-by-four n. 1). ΚΠ 1873 Riverine Herald (Echuca, Victoria & Moama, New S. Wales) 29 Mar. Strange as it may appear, ‘four by two’ and such like stuff, suitable for building cottages, is sold at Boolarook at two shillings and three pence per hundred! 1897 J. C. Buckmaster Village Politician 83 All this would arise from using a piece of timber four by two and a quarter instead of a four by two, a size not in stock. 1954 Circular Head Chron. (Smithton, Tasmania) 5 May Construction mainly of four by twos, unpainted weatherboards and half-inch boards. 1988 G. Lay Fools on Hill 230 Philip sat on the hard clay patch in the centre of the floor, his back against the piece of four by two which propped up the ridge-beam. 2003 R. T. Burton By my own Hand i. 8 ‘Do you have any old stuff you can give us, any old scrap wood, please, maybe some four by twos?’ A logical request from a boy uninitiated in the language of lumber. ‘You mean two by fours, don't you?’ 2. Military slang (British and Australian). Material (esp. flannelette), often issued (or later sold) on a pre-perforated roll and torn off in pieces measuring four inches by two inches (10.2 cm by 5.1 cm), which are pulled through the barrel of a gun in order to clean it. Also as a count noun: a piece of rag (originally one measuring four by two inches) used for this purpose; a pull through (pull-through n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > instrument for cleaning bore > pull- or push-through > cloth on pull-through four-by-two1911 1911 Derbyshire Courier 14 Jan. 11/3 It was a neat [Christmas] card outside, and inside quite a regimental lot of good wishes were printed on a strip of four-by-two, the common or garden variety of cleaning flannel. It came from one of the Wirksworth shooting group needless to say. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 97 Four by two, the term for the piece of flannel issued as a ‘pull through’ for cleaning a rifle. From its size, four inches by two. 1930 P. MacDonald Link 88 Cross maintains that the oil-bottle and four-by-two must have been to clean the rifle. 1974 T. Carew Wipers viii. 176 ‘Four by two’, like everything else, was scarce; barrels of rifles were so clogged with mud that the rope of pull-throughs broke. 2011 J. Strong My Little Eye (e-book, accessed 5 Oct. 2021) I carried on pulling the four by two through the barrel, it had to be shining before they would accept it back into the armoury. 3. [Rhyming slang for Jew n.] British and Australian. A Jewish person.Now likely to be considered derogatory. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew JudeishOE Judew?a1160 Jewa1225 Jew mana1382 Israelitec1384 Hebrewc1450 Hebraean1509 Christ-killer1532 Hebrician1542 Jacobinea1625 Shylock1786 Jew boy1796 sheeny1824 ikey1836 Moses1844 Yahudi1858 Yiddisher1859 Yid1874 Semite1881 mocky1893 kike1901 five-to-two1914 Jewy1914 shonicker1914 ikeymo1922 non-Aryan1922 non-Aryan1924 four-by-two1936 shonk1938 bagel1956 Hymie1956 mock1967 yiddo1972 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid vii. 69 That's all right so long as it's not ham... I'm a four-be two, you see. 1967 J. Wynnum I'm a Jack, all Right xi. 128 Joe was munching industriously at a huge piece of pork. ‘I'd have hated to have been born a four-by-two, and missed out on this.’ 1970 ‘E. McGirr’ Death pays Wages iii. 60 ‘This Marx, was he a four by two?’ demanded Quimple. ‘Pardon?’ ‘A Jew, sir, a Jew.’ 2013 M. Lawson Deaths xii. 420 ‘He saw me as an uppity little northern Jew.’ ‘Rubbish.’ Jonny has just come back into the room... ‘I doubt he even knew you were a four-by-two.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1873
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