two-by-four

two-by-four
/tooh"buy fawr', -fohr', -beuh-/, adj.
1. two units thick and four units wide, esp. in inches.
2. Informal. lacking adequate space; cramped: a small, two-by-four room.
3. Informal. unimportant; insignificant: Theirs was a petty, two-by-four operation.
n.
4. a timber measuring 2 by 4 in. (5 × 10 cm) in cross section, when untrimmed: equivalent to 15/8 by 35/8 in. (41/2 × 9 cm) when trimmed.
[1880-85, Amer.]

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