double-u

[ duhb-uhl-yoo ]

noun

1. the letter w.

Word History and Origins

Origin of double-u¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The U- and double U-forms are employed mostly for plums, apricots, peaches and nectarines.

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His efforts to vault lingually over the first “double-u” excited much mirth.

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It should be a double u; but they have no such letter in their tongue.

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In one stage these double U's look much like tetrads (fig. 138).

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Such trees do well, however, in the U-form or double U-form.

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