Meanings
plural twoers
- A glass marble in children's games, slightly larger and more valuable than a oner.
As the word implies the glarneys were glass marbles, but no ball out of an old mineral-water bottle was ever dignified by receiving the name, though such balls were not despised possessions, and had the rank of twoers.
1953, Julian Franklyn, The Cockney: a survey of London life and language - UKA conker that has won two matches.
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twoer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twoer
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