Meaning of double-header | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pair of games played one after another between the same teams.
2. A pair of sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue.
3. A pair of sporting events, one after the other, broadcast on the same television channel.
4. The catching of a single fish simultaneously by two fishermen when fishing together.
5. A double-headed coin.
6. A train pulled by two locomotives.
7. Double penetration
   slang

Examples

“This afternoon we will have⟳ a double-header between the Bears and the Wolves, games at 3pm and 7:30pm.”

“The ′40s and ′50s were in advance of the day of the twilight double-header, and most certainly before the more common twilight or “twinight” double-headers, in which the fans must leave⟳ so as to empty their seats for a new crowd which is to see⟳ the second game at a separately scheduled time.”

“The NRL season opener at the Olympic stadium will be a double-header: Dragons vs Eels and Souths vs Wests.”

“The next jazz double-header at The Sound⟳ Lounge will feature the Leonie Cohen Trio and the Sam Hawkins Quartet”

“It must have⟳ seemed a good idea at the time. The holders of two different versions of the world welterweight title were to top the bill against carefully selected opponents in a double⟳ header.”

“If this pipe is broken while running as the second engine of a double-header nothing will be lost as the operation of the distributing valve is then similar to that of a triple valve,[…].”

“According to feminist writer and adult film producer Tristan Taormino, similar instances of sexual contact⟳ between men in heterosexual pornography, such as the "double⟳ header," circumvent queer meaning, given their location within heterosexual sex.”

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