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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where two actions must be performed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1der. Proto-Germanic *twai Proto-West Germanic *twai-der. Old English twēġen Old English twā Middle English two English two Middle English -es English -s Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y ▲ English -s English -sies English twosies From two + -sies.
