two-forty
nounEtymology Referring to the sport of trotting (harness racing), in which running a mile in two minutes and forty seconds was considered a very fast pace in 19th-century America.
- Derived terms
- two-forty on a plank road
noun
Etymology Referring to the sport of trotting (harness racing), in which running a mile in two minutes and forty seconds was considered a very fast pace in 19th-century America.
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