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- noun A
call in any children's game, such asjacks , wheretwo actions must be performed.
Etymologies
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Examples
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( "Spar's strong white cider, sold in bottles of 2 litres, originally for 2 pounds, hence the nickname twosies, often abbreviated in writing to 'zz.'").
The Comics Curmudgeon comics 2010
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Until early this month, Iraq's four primary voting blocs - Maliki's State of Law Party, a separate Shiite group, the Kurds and Iraqiya - were negotiating "in twosies," the official said, trying to amass a parliamentary majority that excluded the others.
As Iraqis forged agreement, U.S. remained influential, administration says Karen DeYoung 2010
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Now you do the twosies series in the same way, with the following changes:
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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Now you do the twosies series in the same way, with the following changes:
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There are four series of steps: onesies, twosies, threesies, and foursies.
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There are four series of steps: onesies, twosies, threesies, and foursies.
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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It's the onesies and twosies of Iranian fighters that cross the border that brings these weapons in.
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Then you fight those guys again in onesies and twosies throughout the mountains and the villages of Afghanistan.
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COOPER: Is onesies and twosies one of those military terms, David?
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Not what the military refers to as the onesies and twosies, but the big one to try to create enough chaos in the lead to civil war before turnover of sovereignty on June 30.
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