double

double

A double portion of alcohol. I'll have a whiskey, Tom. Make it a double.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

double

verb
See double sawbuck

double

1. n. a drink consisting of two servings of liquor. Sam usually has two doubles on the way home.
2. Go to double saw(buck).
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a double bind
  • a double take
  • a double taker
  • a double whammy
  • a double-edged sword
  • at the double
  • be a double-edged sword
  • be a double-edged sword/weapon
  • be a double-edged weapon
  • bent double
  • do (double) duty
  • do (double) duty as (something)
  • do a double take
  • double
  • double as
  • double as (someone or something)
  • double back
  • double back on (someone or something)
  • double bill
  • double bind
  • double bogey
  • double booked
  • double buffalo
  • double cross
  • double crosser
  • double date
  • double digits
  • double down
  • double Dutch
  • double duty
  • double eagle
  • double entendre
  • double feature
  • double in brass
  • double jeopardy
  • double nickels
  • double or nothing
  • double or quits
  • double over
  • double play
  • double quick
  • double saw
  • double sawbuck
  • double six
  • double standard
  • double take
  • double take, do a
  • double talk
  • double tap
  • double up
  • double up with (someone)
  • double whammy
  • double-bagger
  • double-barreled
  • double-barreled slingshot
  • double-crosser
  • double-decker
  • double-deuces
  • double-digit
  • double-dipper
  • double-dipping
  • double-dome
  • double-edged sword
  • double-gaited
  • doublespeak
  • double-talk
  • double-tongued
  • double-trouble
  • H-E-double-hockey-sticks
  • H-E-double-L
  • H-E-double-toothpicks
  • in a double bind
  • lead a double life
  • make it a double
  • on the double
  • see double
  • two-edged sword
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