two-forty

noun

two-forty

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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US, Obsolete, Slang A very fast speed.

Derived terms
two-forty on a plank road

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