double-dome
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- double-domed adjective
Etymology
Origin of double-dome
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Is he really in such an unhappy plight as he sometimes thinks�the ridiculed double-dome, the egghead, the wild-eyed, absent-minded man who is made to feel an alien in his own country?
From Time Magazine Archive
Bolshevik, the party's leading double-dome magazine on matters of Communist theology, published a 50-page memorandum from Stalin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Above club fights, cooking hints, quiz shows, double-dome discussions, and the other knickknacks of television, TV fans love vaudeville.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wreckage everywhere: but the double-dome and hull-shell had withstood the shock.
From Project Gutenberg
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