doubles

IPA: dˈʌbʌɫz

noun

  • (sports, plural only) a game between pairs of players
  • (campanology, plural only) bell changes rung on five bells
  • A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.
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Examples of "doubles" in Sentences

  • Their nickname doubles as a price for corn: buck an ear.
  • The title doubles as a testimonial by Ms. Jones and her band.
  • The paycheck for making the round of 16 in doubles is $13,800 per pair.
  • The sisters will be ranked No. 1 in doubles for the first time next week in a partnership that began in the 1980s.
  • I think how they handle it matters (Biden is pretty humble about his gaffes and generally admits them; Palin doubles-down on hers), that Palin is a woman and gets unfairly harshly judged, etc.
  • a superiority of knowledge and presumed judgment -- they have a method of patching up deep matches to _diddle the dupes_, and to introduce _throws over, doubles, double doubles_, to ease the heavy pockets of their burdens.

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