two bob
(Australia, slang) A 20-cent coin.
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(Australia, slang) A 20-cent coin.
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(idiomatic, UK, Australia, often, attributive) A trivially small value.
Less flashy in its post-modernism than the MI6 building, more sober in its brick-framed glass curtain walling, Sally Malone would have pointed out that this was the two-bob side of the block, as against the half-crown riverbank site of t…
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(UK, Australia, obsolete) Two shillings; a florin.
Less flashy in its post-modernism than the MI6 building, more sober in its brick-framed glass curtain walling, Sally Malone would have pointed out that this was the two-bob side of the block, as against the half-crown riverbank site of t…
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- bent as a two bob72%
A British and Australian simile meaning either dishonest/corrupt or — in its older, more offensive sense — homosexual. 'Bent' is longstanding British slang for both 'crooked/corrupt' and 'gay,' and the comparison to a two-bob coin (an old two-shilling piece known to bend easily) amplifies the idea. In modern usage the 'corrupt' meaning is far more common and accepted: a bent copper, a bent deal. The homophobic usage is now largely considered offensive and dated.
- bent as a two bob71%
(slang) bent, homosexual.
- a bob each way67%
(colloquial, UK, AU, NZ) A situation of hedging one's bets, refusing to commit to either side of a question.