double crown

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 centimeters).

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Example Sentences

By then, abacot had taken on a life of its own, referring to not just any cap but a "Cap of State, made like a double crown, worn anciently by the Kings of England."

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2021

Narmer created a double crown from the red and white crowns.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

On the hill opposite, like a romantic vision, sits an amphitheater of golden-tinted houses with red-tiled roofs rising row upon row to the double crown of a ducal palace and a Norman tower.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is one of the very few American artists to get this double crown in their lifetime, thanks to the enthusiasm with which William Rubin, MOMA's director of painting and sculpture, views his work.

From Time Magazine Archive

And of course Marshall’s hieroglyph was the double crown of Egypt because he was already the boy-pharaoh—and that’s what he liked to be best.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder