Informal a pair, as of theater tickets, sold for, or approximately for, the price of one
Origin of twofer
altered from two for (the price of one)twofer
two·fer
noun
- An example of a twofer is choosing to have an meeting at your favorite restaurant which happens to be close to your next appointment.
- An example of a twofer is a person who belongs to two different minority groups.
- An example of a twofer is going to the grocery store and buying two bags of chips for the typical price of one bag.
The definition of a twofer is something that satisfies two requirements or needs at the same time, or another way of saying two for the cost of one.
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twofer
noun
Informal- A coupon offering two items, especially tickets for a play, for the price of one.
- An offer or arrangement in which a single expense or amount of effort produces two returns: Going to a wedding in New Orleans during Mardi Gras was a twofer.
- a. A person or thing that has two desirable attributes normally present singly.b. Offensive One who belongs to two distinct demographic groups and can be counted, as by an employer, as part of two quotas.
Origin of twofer
Alteration of two for (the price of one)THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural twofers)
Origin
Shortened, eye dialect form of two for the price of one.
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