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number two

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noun
  1. someone or something that is second in rank, order, or importance.
  2. defecation: used especially by or with reference to children.
Idioms
  1. make/do/go number two, Informal. to defecate: used especially by or with reference to children.

Origin of number two

First recorded in 1905–10
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Related Words for number two

assistant, secretary, adjutant, helper, aide, ADC, defecation, discharge, dung, excrement, excretion, feces, flux, manure, stool, waste, crap, BM, feculence, shit

Examples from the Web for number two

Contemporary Examples of number two

  • News Corp. is sticking to the position—at least for now—that there will be no number-two person.

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    Murdoch's Next Move

    Kim Masters

    February 24, 2009

Historical Examples of number two

  • At least she meant to stalk, but one does not really stamp about much in number-two, heelless, pink-satin mules.

    Love Stories

    Mary Roberts Rinehart

British Dictionary definitions for number two

number two

noun
  1. euphemistic the act or an instance of defecation
  2. a haircut in which the hair is cut close to the head with an electric shaver
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