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two-tone

or two-toned

[ too-tohn ]

adjective

  1. having two colors or two shades of the same color:

    a two-tone automobile.



two-tone

adjective

  1. of two colours or two shades of the same colour
  2. (esp of sirens, car horns, etc) producing or consisting of two notes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of two-tone1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

He dresses tackily, in double breasted blazers, two-tone dress shirts, and gold ties.

Chanel recently sent models down the runway with geometric, two-tone manicures.

The two-tone frock accented her rose-colored pumps and highlighted her perfectly coiffed bob and hip silver manicure.

One of them (the dog, not owner) was two-tone, with a chartreuse mane and red ears.

Within the first month they were together, Flemmi bought Di Silva a two-tone Cadillac and showered her with jewelry.

That present snap of two-tone complaint suggested that the land was empty of strangers.

It is a two-tone, two-colored car, blue body and a cream-colored trim, which extends across the hood.

The Sirian wore a pince-nez, a dignified two-piece jumper in a charcoal color, sedate two-tone boots and a black string-tie.

A two-tone "Y-es" with the second unit high-pitched suggests the very opposite of plain "Yes."

Hers—long, heavy, meticulously middle-parted and dressed—was a startling two-tone job.

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