twoer

English

Etymology

two +‎ -er

Noun

twoer (plural twoers)

  1. A glass marble in children's games, slightly larger and more valuable than a oner.
    • 1953, Julian Franklyn, The Cockney: a survey of London life and language:
      As the word implies the glarneys were glass marbles, but no ball out of an old mineral-water bottle was ever dignified by receiving the name, though such balls were not despised possessions, and had the rank of twoers.
  2. (UK) A conker that has won two matches.

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