two-forty

== English == === Alternative forms === 2:40, two forty === Etymology === Referring to the sport of trotting (harness racing), in which running a mile in two minutes and forty seconds was considered a very fast pace in 19th-century America. === Noun === two-forty (uncountable) (US, slang, obsolete) A very fast speed. ==== Derived terms ==== two-forty on a plank road