Definitions
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- adjective of names Having two separate parts often adjoined by a hyphen, eg. Wright-Phillips, Bowes-Lyon or Duncan Smith
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having two purposes; twofold
- adjective having two barrels mounted side by side
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Examples
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Every hotel, from Sweden's Treehouse to Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa, is reviewed by each of them – a double-barrelled expert verdict.
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Have any other teams got a similar double-barrelled suffix?
Are Dundee United the most efficient championship winners ever? | The Knowledge 2011
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Jacob Kent wheeled about, at the same time reaching for his double-barrelled shot-gun, which stood handy.
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This double-barrelled approach (DFA Healthcare, and a Vets 'Outreach) should pay dividends as this race winds down.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro: Lunchtime with the DFA. Joe The Nerd Ferraro 2010
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The decision, which caused the Singapore dollar to rise to a record high against the U.S. currency, followed a "double-barrelled" tightening in April and signals the central bank is stepping up efforts to curb inflation, which it warned will rise to around 4% by the end of the year.
World Watch 2010
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When the story went around the water-front of how French Frank had tried to run me down with his schooner, and of how I had stood on the deck of the Razzle Dazzle, a cocked double-barrelled shotgun in my hands, steering with my feet and holding her to her course, and compelled him to put up his wheel and keep away, the water-front decided that there was something in me despite my youth.
Chapter 10 2010
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I have a double-barrelled surname (the only one in my family born with it - figure that out).
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I have a double-barrelled surname (the only one in my family born with it - figure that out).
Archive 2009-02-01 Stephen Tall 2009
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You got a double-barrelled snog from Rihanna and Katy Perry at the 2010 MTV Music Awards.
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The decision, which caused the Singapore dollar to rise to a record high against the U.S. currency, followed a "double-barrelled" tightening in April and signals the central bank is stepping up efforts to curb inflation, which it warned will rise to around 4% by the end of the year.
Singapore Surprises With a Move to Tighten P.R. Venkat 2010
gangerh commented on the word double-barrelled
I note here that, curiously, double-barrelled is double-elled and single-barreled is single-eled.
March 31, 2009