doubleheader

[ duhb-uhl-hed-er ]
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noun
  1. Sports.

    • two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession.

    • 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.

  1. a railroad train pulled by two locomotives.

Origin of doubleheader

1
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; double + head + -er1

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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

  1. Australian and NZ informal a coin with the impression of a head on each side

  2. Australian informal a double ice-cream cone

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