two-four

noun

1. informal.
   a box containing 24 bottles of beer

Example Sentences

Ryan Newman's #6 Oscar Mayer Mustang and Chase Elliot's touching tribute to his dad certainly give the ol' two-four a run for the checkers, but you really can't argue with Byron's epic echo of stock-car Top Gun.

From Golf Digest

Meek Mill, whose legal name is Robert Williams, was sentenced in November to two-four years in state prison for probation violations stemming from his 2008 conviction.

From Reuters

The entry for “two-four,” a case of beer containing twenty-four cans or bottles, likewise refers to this term’s status as an informal identity marker, and quotes Barack Obama cracking a joke about it at a state dinner for Justin Trudeau.

From The New Yorker

At the plant in London, which slakes all of Ontario’s thirst for Labatt’s Blue and Budweiser, Mr. Bridger said retirees were getting about eight 24-bottle cases — what Canadians sometimes call a “two-four” — a year.

From New York Times

Bookings for the Thanksgiving period from solo travelers and small family-like groups of two-four members fell the most, the study found.

From Reuters