two items of the same kind

Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.

Two.

Two; a pair: a poetic word.

Two; a couple; pair.

Two; a pair.

There was a cartoon emblazoned on this placard, depicting the futile efforts of two teams of stout horses, each attached to a leg of the garment, to wrench it in twain. – Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson

Mark Twain did not find happiness in his new position on the " Call." – The Boys' Life of Mark Twain by Albert Bigelow Paine

Count, if now thou dinest not with excellent good cheer, And to my satisfaction, here we shall still delay, And we twain in no manner shall go forth hence away. – The Lay of the Cid by R. Selden Rose and Leonard Bacon

No one but Mark Twain ever really got anything out of it. – Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009

" Even thou and thy children twain," said the King. – The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by T. W. Rolleston

And I knew of this distinction that made twain our lives; and I reflected deeply upon it. – Confessions of a Young Man by George Moore

In that thicket the twain of you fight. – Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan

And so about four o'clock the twain started for the house of Mrs. Markham, who saw them coming and welcomed them warmly. – Ethelyn's Mistake by Mary Jane Holmes

The twain shot up the track elbow to elbow, and into the rope. – A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis

It was none other than Mark Twain, whom Graham instantly recognized. – Abducted to Oz by Bob Evans and Chris Dulabone

" That block bigger than the church of Luz," points out Johnson, writing of this spot, " has been split in twain by the other monster that has followed in its track and cracked it as a schoolboy might do his playfellow's marble. – A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix

The pair of antelope horns above emphasize the fact that the twain were as a single pair. – The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall

As the day packed its load of strength into his frame, so it added its store of knowledge to his mind, and each night sealed the twain, for it is in the night that we make secure what we have gathered in the day. – Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens

For a time, the twain appeared always side by side at the meetings of the Senate and at the courts of justice. – Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10) by Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll

We decree that here in our cathedral of Seville you twain shall be wed on the same day, but before the Marquis of Morella and you, Sir Peter Brome, meet in single combat. – Fair Margaret by H. Rider Haggard

One passage almost cut her more intelligent heart in twain:- This dark day I have done a thing incredible. – A Simpleton by Charles Reade

No one knew more of them than Mark Twain, and yet out of this vast collection he selected the one which I had told the night before to the same company. – My Memories of Eighty Years by Chauncey M. Depew

My lord the Cid has clasped them, and he has kissed the twain. – The Lay of the Cid by R. Selden Rose and Leonard Bacon

Aunt Gertrude's idea of getting me cultivated is to read to me from the great Masters of literature and funny books too, like Mark Twain and the Nonsense Thology. – Turn About Eleanor by Ethel M. Kelley

Kriemhild made it well appear what love she bore the twain. – The Nibelungenlied by Unknown