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double-header

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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.

double-header
n
1. (Transport / Railways) a train drawn by two locomotives coupled together to provide extra power
2. (General Sporting Terms) Also called twin bill Sport US and Canadian two games played consecutively by the same teams or by two different teams
3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) Austral and NZ informal a coin with the impression of a head on each side
4. (Cookery) Austral informal a double ice-cream cone


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The double-header itself is run by Past Time Rail Tours from Bury.
The season will include a double-header on the Saturday and Monday of the August Bank Holiday for the first time in order to give Fabio Capello an extra week to prepare England for the tournament.
FRANK LAMPARD is facing an anxious wait to discover whether he will be available for England's Euro 2008 double-header with Israel and Russia after tearing a thigh muscle in training.
 
 
 
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