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double-header

noun

  1. a train drawn by two locomotives coupled together to provide extra power

  2. Also called: twin billsport two games played consecutively by the same teams or by two different teams

  3. informal,  a coin with the impression of a head on each side

  4. informal,  a double ice-cream cone

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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We travel to Trent Bridge on Tuesday for a double-header between Trent Rockets and Manchester Originals.

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We're off to Southampton on Monday for a double-header between Southern Brave and Oval Invincibles.

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We're off to Lord's on Thursday with the home of cricket hosting a double-header between London Spirit and Trent Rockets.

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It's a midlands derby on Friday as Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets get up and running for the year in another double-header at Edgbaston.

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We're off to Headingley on Thursday as Northern Superchargers take on Welsh Fire in another double-header.

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