two-and-barbeque

two-and-barbeque
 other.— «“We went West with great expectations,” said Charles Gurkin, president of the Austin Silver Travlers girls 16-and-under fast-pitch softball team. “But once we got to Midland, Texas, it was take two and barbeque.”» —“Sports notes” Austin American-Statesman (Texas) Aug. 8, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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