twosome

[ too-suhm ]
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adjective
  1. consisting of two; two-fold.

  2. performed or played by two persons.

noun
  1. two together or in company; couple; duo.

  2. Golf. a match between two persons.

Origin of twosome

1
1325–75; Middle English (north); see two, -some2

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How to use twosome in a sentence

  • Anyway, after one or two long distance exchanges she drops out a note arranging a twosome in the palace gardens by moonlight.

    Torchy and Vee | Sewell Ford
  • Seein' as we're only startin' in on the twosome breakfast game, maybe you could find something nice and cheerful by a window.

    The House of Torchy | Sewell Ford
  • Prior to that Hephzy and I had, golfly speaking, been playing it as a twosome.

    Kent Knowles: Quahaug | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Elmer and Kenny would be the other twosome, and, both armed with quarterstaffs would be troubleshooters.

    Black Man's Burden | Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for twosome

twosome

/ (ˈtuːsəm) /


noun
  1. two together, esp two people

  2. a match between two people

  1. (modifier) consisting of or played by two: a twosome song

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