ones and twos

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ones and twos

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plural, plural only, slang Turntables used by DJs. During hip hop's early days when the DJ was busy with his ones and twos, MCs (masters of ceremony, microphone controllers, or movers of the crowd) spoke over the records by invoking the spirit of the party gods.
plural, plural only Small numbers of something. But soon one notices, first in ones and twos, and then in larger groups, men who are very much alive at this hour in the morning, the sorters for the Caledonian, and Edinburgh sections of the "Down Special"; mail is piled high on the platforms, and the postal men glance occasionally towards the plat

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@misc{ones_and_twos_2026,
  title = {ones and twos},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ones%20and%20twos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}