double-header

noun 5

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noun

1

A pair of games played one after another between the same teams.

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.

2

A pair of sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue.

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

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.

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