double-O
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of double-O
1915–20; after the two o 's in once-over
Example Sentences
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"Let's just say it's got a double-O in the title."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2021
M is an imperious, subtly oedipal intelligence-matriarch with the double-O boys under her thumb.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2012
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