two pair
Noun
Meaning
two pair
(poker) A hand which contains two pairs.
Examples
No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.
But if two pair ranks above three of a kind, the two pair will become more common.
For example, if a player holds a pair and a wild card, they will always choose three of a kind rather than two pair.
In the final hand, Lessin flopped two pair and called Moore’s all-in with two overcards and a straight draw.
The sets may overlap: for example, in seven-card stud played high-low split, a player dealt 7-7-6-4-4-3-2 can play a high hand of 7-7-4-4-6 (two pair, sevens and fours) and a low hand of 7-6-4-3-2 (seven-high).
Peleliu which was the smallest island and we had a lot of Marines there but we couldn’t do anything because there were too many coral rocks and you needed two pair of shoes because the coral rocks were so sharp that they could cut your shoes apart.