double-decker

[ duhb-uh l-dek-er ]

/ ˈdʌb əlˈdɛk ər /

noun

something with two decks, tiers, or the like, as two beds one above the other, a ship with two decks above the water line, or a bus with two decks.

a food item consisting of two main layers, as a sandwich made with three slices of bread and two layers of filling.

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Origin of double-decker

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Words nearby double-decker

double-cut, double-date, double-deal, double-dealing, double-deck, double-decker, double-declutch, double-digit, double-dip, double-dipping, double-dome

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Example sentences from the Web for double-decker

You'd been drunk for hours, but you dove off a double-decker lake boat and came up gracefully for air.
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Because of low clearances in two locations, double-decker freight containers cannot travel along that corridor.
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Clyde had his way, and he and Burl shared a double-decker chamber.
The Secret of the Ninth Planet|Donald Allen Wollheim
They had reached the head of the line, found themselves entering a huge, double-decker jet-transport.
Voyage To Eternity|Milton Lesser

I have seen all services, and handled every rig, from a lugger to a double-decker!
The Red Rover|James Fenimore Cooper
The double-decker is doomed, and the twenty-five-foot lot has had its day.
The Battle with the Slum|Jacob A. Riis.
Let's get that double-decker again, and ride until we come to the end of the world.
Bambi|Marjorie Benton Cooke

British Dictionary definitions for double-decker

double-decker

noun

mainly British a bus with two passenger decks

informal

a thing or structure having two decks, layers, etc
(as modifier)a double-decker sandwich

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