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[ noun ] a timber measuring (slightly under) 2 inches by 4 inches in cross section

Used in print

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

I suppose you do n't know anything about a piece of two-by-four , either ; one with blood all_over it , Arbuckle 's blood '' .

(Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)

Mr._Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which , properly handled , would , he had assured him , turn_into a workbench .

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timber

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