DOUBLEHEADER Definition & Meaning

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doubleheader

[ duhb-uhl-hed-er ]

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noun

Sports.
1. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession.
2. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
two performances or two events occurring one after the other or within a short time of each other.
a railroad train pulled by two locomotives.

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Origin of doubleheader¹

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; double + head + -er ¹

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Thursday’s semifinal doubleheader was as much a test for the temporary grass laid over SoFi’s synthetic Matrix Turf as it was for the four national teams.

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The City Section will hold a semifinal doubleheader in Open Division basketball on Monday at Roybal.

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There will be a semifinal doubleheader on Feb. 25 at Venice.

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This 27-disc box set documents every professionally recorded show on the tour, including the closing doubleheader he played that Valentine’s Day at the Forum in Inglewood.

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“West Wing” executive producer Thomas Schlamme helmed all three episodes, winning the Emmy for directing for a drama series for the Season 2 doubleheader.

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