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two-up schoolnoun Australian / NZA group of people who have assembled to play the gambling game of two-up: they all circle around like a two-up school, peering down...- The polo club and the orchestral ensemble, the dockside tavern and the two-up school, each had distinct adherents according to socio-economic status.
- He was the Gentleman of the Sydney underworld, nightclub owner and the man behind the infamous Thommo's two-up school.
- It was known as a gold town in the 1860s but the huge numbers of miners was obviously not enough - they had to wait til the umpteen pubs, brothels and two-up schools disappeared.
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