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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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When the New York Yankees' August 29th game against the Detroit Tigers was rained out and rescheduled as a day-night double-header the very next day, Harvard Maintenance had less than 20 hours to arrange for Yankee Stadium to be brought back into game condition between games, while moving one crowd out and another crowd in.
He once won both ends of a double-header at the age of 44.
LMU 2, New Mexico State 1: Stephen Kahn had 10 strikeouts and gave up two hits in six innings as LMU (4-2) defeated New Mexico State (6-3) in the first game of a double-header.
 
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