This afternoon we will have a double-header between the Bears and the Wolves, games at 3pm and 7:30pm.
The NRL season opener at the Olympic stadium will be a double-header: Dragons vs Eels and Souths vs Wests.
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double-header — 1869, Amer.Eng., originally a kind of fireworks or a railway train pulled by two engines; see DOUBLE (Cf. double) + HEAD (Cf. head). Baseball sense is c.1890 … Etymology dictionary
double-header — ☆ double header [dub′əlhed′ər ] n. 1. a train pulled by two locomotives 2. a pair of games played in succession on the same day, usually by the same two teams * * * dou·ble head·er also dou·ble·head·er (dŭbʹəl hĕdʹər) n. 1. Sports. Two games or… … Universalium
double-header — double headers N COUNT A double header is a sporting contest between two teams that involves two separate games being played, often on the same day. [mainly AM] (in AM, also use doubleheader) … English dictionary
double-header — n two baseball games played one after the other … Dictionary of contemporary English
double-header — noun count two games, especially in baseball, played one after the other … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
double-header — ☆ double header [dub′əlhed′ər ] n. 1. a train pulled by two locomotives 2. a pair of games played in succession on the same day, usually by the same two teams … English World dictionary
Double Header — Batter, Catcher und Schiedsrichter Pitcher beim Wurf … Deutsch Wikipedia
double-header — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms double header : singular double header plural double headers two games played one after the other … English dictionary
double-header — {n.} Two games or contests played one right after the other, between the same two teams or two different pairs of teams. * /The Yankees and the Dodgers played a double header Sunday afternoon./ * /We went to a basketball double header at Madison… … Dictionary of American idioms
double-header — {n.} Two games or contests played one right after the other, between the same two teams or two different pairs of teams. * /The Yankees and the Dodgers played a double header Sunday afternoon./ * /We went to a basketball double header at Madison… … Dictionary of American idioms
