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View synonyms for double feature

double feature

noun

  1. a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.


double feature

noun

  1. films a programme showing two full-length films Informal name (US)twin bill
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Word History and Origins

Origin of double feature1

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35
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Idioms and Phrases

Also, double bill . A program consisting of two full-length films shown for the price of a single ticket. For example, It was a double feature and lasted five hours , or The women's conference had a double bill, first speakers from China and then visiting guests from the rest of the world . This expression is occasionally loosely used for other paired events (as in the second example). [c. 1930]
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Example Sentences

Bring a blanket or lawn chair to enjoy a double feature on a giant LED movie screen at Juanita Beach Park.

I will not speculate on the inner workings of anyone’s marriage; I’ll just say these two films would make a stimulating double feature.

It’s easy then to understand why Hollywood is looking forward this weekend to reliving the glory days of “Barbenheimer,” the surprise double feature that catapulted the North American box office to pre-pandemic heights.

His movies were created frugally, to function as the second half of a double feature.

Barbenheimer was everywhere, the answer to all box office woes, a something-for-everyone double feature boasting a pair of movies we were told had little in common.

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