double-decker

[duhb-uh l-dek-er]

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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.

Origin of double-decker

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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Examples from the Web for double-decker

Contemporary Examples

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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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Historical Examples

This river-craft was a double-decker, propelled by oars from the lower deck.
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Augustus Hopkins Strong
The double-decker is doomed, and the twenty-five-foot lot has had its day.
The Battle with the Slum
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The cars were originally imported from Birmingham, of the double-decker type.
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Enormous indeed it must be, if we can imagine a double-decker a mile long!
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Henry M. Field
There were twenty-three other families in this “double-decker.”
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British Dictionary definitions for double-decker

double-decker

noun

mainly British a bus with two passenger decks
informal
1. a thing or structure having two decks, layers, etc
2. (as modifier)a double-decker sandwich

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Word Origin and History for double-decker

n.

1835 of ships, 1867 of street vehicles; from double (adj.) + deck (n.).

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Examples from the Web for double-decker

Contemporary Examples

Listen: If you got off a double-decker bus to come to New York, who would you rather see waiting for you?

You'd been drunk for hours, but you dove off a double-decker lake boat and came up gracefully for air.

Because of low clearances in two locations, double-decker freight containers cannot travel along that corridor.

Historical Examples

This river-craft was a double-decker, propelled by oars from the lower deck.

The double-decker is doomed, and the twenty-five-foot lot has had its day.

The cars were originally imported from Birmingham, of the double-decker type.

Enormous indeed it must be, if we can imagine a double-decker a mile long!

There were twenty-three other families in this “double-decker.”

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Word Origin and History for double-decker

n.

Origin of double-decker