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for two pins

for two pins adverb: readily, with only the slightest encouragement.

Adverb

for two pins

  1. (Australia, UK, idiomatic) Readily, with only the slightest encouragement.
    • ‘I tell you what, me fine feller, you’re skatin’ very close to the law, taking your eighteenpence per head and not providin’ food as per contract, and for two pins I’d have you up for it.’1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 83
    • He doesn't, but he's a man with an eye in his head, and he knows what we are, a boneless lot without organization. I say it myself, I said it only last night in this here bar, and I say it again, for two pins I'd chuck my party. I would so.2009, H. DeVere Stacpoole, The Man Who Lost Himself, →ISBN, page 202

for two pins meaning in Bengali

for two pins in Bengali

সহজেই, সামান্যতম উৎসাহ পেলেই

Examples of for two pins in a sentence

  • For two pins he really would slap a glove in each of their faces.2010, Mary Balogh, Seducing An Angel, →ISBN:
  • But for two pins I'd hand in blank papers and tell school where to shove Pythagoras triangles and Lord of the Flies and their life cycles of worms.2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 4:

Questions about for two pins

What does for two pins mean?
For two pins means readily, with only the slightest encouragement.
What is for two pins in Bengali?
For two pins in Bengali is সহজেই, সামান্যতম উৎসাহ পেলেই. See For two pins meaning in Bengali.
How do you use for two pins in a sentence?
For two pins he really would slap a glove in each of their faces.
What part of speech is for two pins?
For two pins is an adverb.

Words near for two pins in the dictionary

  1. for this once
  2. for thy
  3. for time
  4. for to
  5. for toffee
  6. for two pins
  7. for very shame's sake
  8. for Wales
  9. for want of
  10. for weal or woe
  11. for what

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Adapted from Wiktionary: for two pins (page history and authors); for two pins (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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