Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
One two
phr. (pugilists’).—See quot. 1823.
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1823. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue [EGAN], s.v. ONE TWO. In boxing, two blows rapidly put in after each other. Jem Belcher was distinguished for his ONE TWO.
