Usually means: Wood plank measuring four by two.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. four-by-two, four-by-two: Collins English Dictionary
  2. four-by-two, four by two: Wiktionary
  3. four-by-two: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. Four by two: Phrase Finder

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Four By Two (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. four by two, four by two: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. four by two: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  4. four by two: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (four by two)

noun:  (Australia, UK, New Zealand) A length of sawn wood of cross section 4 inches by 2 inches, most often employed as structural framing lumber / timber.
noun:  (UK, Australia, military) A cotton cloth 4 inches wide with lines two inches apart, conveniently torn into two inch lengths for cleaning a rifle barrel using a pull through.
noun:  (Cockney rhyming slang) A Jew.

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