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double ender

American  
Or double-ender

noun

Nautical.
  1. a double-ended vessel.


Etymology

Origin of double ender

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65


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Poor devil, he did not know that my criticism was a double ender.

From Shakspere, Personal Recollections by John A. Joyce

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