two-an'-seven

Updated: August 20, 2026

Then one-an'-three and one is two-an'-three, an' two two's four, two-an'-seven, screws and staples two two's, two-an'-eleven. If you ask my opinion we're in for settled weather." Nicky-Nan's business had taken time some twenty minutes in excess of his calculations, as a glance at the sky informed him. On entering the parlour he drew a breath of relief. No one had visited it, to disturb it.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Nicky-Nan, Reservist