TWOFER


Meaning of TWOFER in English

/tooh"feuhr/ , n. Informal.

1. a card or ticket entitling the holder to purchase two tickets to a theatrical performance at a reduced price.

2. a coupon or offer entitling a person to purchase two items or services for approximately the price of one.

3. a person who belongs to two minority groups and can satisfy two quotas or appeal to two political constituencies, esp. a black woman, who can be counted twice in a position she holds, as fulfilling a racial and a sexual quota.

[ 1885-90; from the phrase two for ( the price of one, a nickel, etc.), with final /euhr/ humorously taken as -ER 1 ; cf. GOFER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .