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two-four

nounInformal

A Canadian English slang term. Browse all Canadian slang.

What it means

  1. A case of twenty-four beers.

In use

  • Pick up a two-four on your way to the cottage.

  • We're set — there's a two-four in the trunk.

Where it comes from

The May long weekend, officially Victoria Day, is widely known as the May two-four — a pun on the date falling near 24 May and on the case of beer traditionally consumed over it.