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doubleheader


doubleheader [duhb-uh l-hed-er] ExamplesWord Origin noun

  1. Sports.
    1. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession.
    2. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
  2. two performances or two events occurring one after the other or within a short time of each other.
  3. a railroad train pulled by two locomotives.

Origin of doubleheader An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; double + head + -er1 Examples from the Web for double-header Historical Examples of double-header

  • It’s a double-header, I saw a big squall like that off Savaii once.

    A Son Of The Sun

    Jack London

  • We had on a “double-header” (two engines) to take us over the grade.

    The Road

    Jack London

  • The little village of H—— is a sort of double-header, having a centre at each end, so to speak.

    The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories

    Various

  • The final one was due, and the hostlers were steaming down with the double-header to pull it over the Pass.

    Held for Orders

    Frank H. Spearman

  • St. Louis did get one game of a double-header, and Joe, whose arm was in perfect trim again, pitched.

    Baseball Joe in the Big League

    Lester Chadwick

  • British Dictionary definitions for double-header double-header noun

    1. a train drawn by two locomotives coupled together to provide extra power
    2. Also called: twin bill sport, US and Canadian two games played consecutively by the same teams or by two different teams
    3. Australian and NZ informal a coin with the impression of a head on each side
    4. Australian informal a double ice-cream cone

    Word Origin and History for double-header n.

    1869, American English, originally a kind of fireworks or a railway train pulled by two engines; see double (adj.) + head (n.). Baseball sense is c.1890.

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