double-barreled
having two barrels mounted side by side, as a shotgun.
serving a double purpose or having two parts or aspects: a double-barreled attack on corruption.
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How to use double-barreled in a sentence
Then Sunday on Fox News we saw a double-barreled assault on the hashtag activism by conservatives.
Go Away, Coulter and Limbaugh; Hashtagging Is Better Than Snarking | Dean Obeidallah | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the eve of the double-barreled canonization, the skies over Rome boomed with thunder and poured with rain.
Onscene as Pope Francis Makes Saints of John Paul II and John XXIII | Barbie Latza Nadeau | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey got a double-barreled shot gun, a Sharp's rifle, and a revolver.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot | William Gannaway BrownlowO for a big double-barreled hygrometer,To measure this moisture that rolls from my brow!
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousSome of his enemies, however, were hidden behind a pile of lumber, and one of them fired a double-barreled gun.
Historic Adventures | Rupert S. Holland
Therefore, deeming themselves wise, Derry and Peter fled, leaving the dog and a double-barreled shotgun as safeguards.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis TracyThey were pointing ahead, and one of the officers put a double-barreled glass to his eyes and stared ahead.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's | Laura Lee Hope
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