twofer

noun

two·​fer ˈtü-fər How to pronounce twofer (audio)
1
: two articles available for the price of one or about the price of one
2
: something that satisfies two criteria or needs simultaneously
3
: a cheap item of merchandise
especially : a cigar selling at two for a nickel
4
: a free coupon entitling the bearer to purchase two tickets to a specified theatrical production for the price of one

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If the end of September is too long to wait for a Fallon-NFL twofer, fret not. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Interestingly, there has been rumblings about a push to fold the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act into the House stablecoin proposal as a twofer. Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 Obama doesn't get nearly enough flack for the NATO bombing campaign in Libya, one of the most short-sighted and memory-holed American military actions in history that had the twofer effect of destroying that entire country while also opening up a superhighway of mass immigration into Europe. Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025 That was a moon-mission twofer for SpaceX: Resilience shared the rocket with Blue Ghost, a robotic lander built and operated by the Texas company Firefly Aerospace that carried 10 scientific instruments for NASA via the agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Mike Wall, Space.com, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for twofer

Word History

Etymology

alteration of two for (one)

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of twofer was in 1884

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“Twofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twofer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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