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Old 14-May-2008, 21:49
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veg Show phonetics
noun [u], plural noun UK INFORMAL
vegetables:
a fruit and veg stall
He still prefers the old-fashioned British meal of meat and two veg.
Hello!

The above definition is from online Cambridge Dictionary. I think [u] refers to uncountable noun here. But why is there "two veg" in the example sentence?

Thanks in advance!

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