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doubleheader
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dou·ble-head·er also dou·ble·head·er (dbl-hdr)
n.
1. Sports Two games or events held in succession on the same program, especially in baseball.
2. A train pulled by two locomotives.
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Noun1.doubleheader - two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)doubleheader - two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)
game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"
nightcap - the final game of a double header


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CAPTION(S): OLD AND NEW: The double header Cotton Mill steam special at Stocksmoor Station alongside a Pacer diesel scheduled train
Byline: By JOHN FALLON HOPES OF staging a football and hurling double header between Dublin and Galway next month have been dashed and now the games will go ahead on the same day at opposite ends of the country.
They go into the double header boosted by a fourth shut-out of the season in last week's 4-0 thumping of Newcastle Vipers and Blaze coach Paul Thompson admits the pressure is on to produce a similar performance in Edinburgh.
 
 
 
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