two bob

== English == === Alternative forms === two-bob === Pronunciation === === Noun === two bob (uncountable) (UK, Australia, obsolete) Two shillings; a florin. (Australia, slang) A 20-cent coin. (idiomatic, UK, Australia, often attributive) A trivially small value. ==== Usage notes ==== The use of two bob for a 20-cent coin derives from the equivalence of two shillings for 20 cents for the purpose of conversion during decimalisation (in 1966); since then, the term has slowly dropped out of usage and it is seldom used today. ==== Derived terms ==== bent as a two bob note get one's two bob's worth give two bob each way have one's two bob's worth silly as a two bob watch