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twofer

[ too-fer ]
/ ˈtu fər /
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noun Informal.
a card or ticket entitling the holder to purchase two tickets to a theatrical performance at a reduced price.
a coupon or offer entitling a person to purchase two items or services for approximately the price of one.
Disparaging. a person who belongs to two minority groups and can satisfy two quotas or appeal to two political constituencies, especially a Black woman who can be counted twice in a position she holds, as fulfilling a racial and a sexual quota.
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Origin of twofer

First recorded in 1885–90; from the phrase two for (the price of one, a nickel, etc.), with final (ər) humorously taken as -er1; cf. gofer

Words nearby twofer

two-cycle, two-dimensional, two-edged, two-faced, two-family house, twofer, two-fisted, twofold, twofold purchase, two-four, two-four time
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