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Doubleday

American  
[duhb-uhl-dey] / ˈdʌb əlˌdeɪ /

noun

  1. Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.


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For decades, the accepted account of baseball’s origins was that it was invented by future Civil War general Abner Doubleday on a cow pasture in Cooperstown, N.Y. in 1839.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

By Dan Brown Doubleday: 688 pages, $38 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

At social media marketing agency We Are Social, some employees have even worn hot pants to work, according to managing director, Lucy Doubleday.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

By Peter Ames Carlin Doubleday: 464 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

When I told my stepfather about Doubleday publishing The Freedom Writers’ Diary, you can imagine his response.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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