double-decker

double-decker

1. A bus that has two levels, one positioned above the other. Can be used as a noun or an adjective. We took a double-decker bus tour of the city while we were there on vacation.
2. A sandwich that has two layers, one on top of the other. Can be used as a noun or an adjective. Wow Mom, you made me quite a double-decker for lunch! I don't think I can eat it all.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

double-decker

1. n. a two-level bus. Some double-deckers don’t have tops.
2. n. a sandwich of two layers. He put away a giant double-decker and a glass of milk.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • take to one's heels, to
  • the end of the line
  • the end of the road/line
  • end of the line
  • be the end of the road
  • (with)in walking distance (of someone or something)
  • load into
  • on the struggle bus
  • gaze on
  • gaze on (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
Colourful rickshaws have also been arranged in the Walled City for the tourists of double-decker buses so that they could visit Lahore Fort, Badshahi Mosque and other historical sites as well as enjoy traditional food in the Food Street and other places in the Walled City.
DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES ADD BEAUTY TO LAHORE'S CULTURE, ART AND HERITAGE
If politicians need another prompt, double-decker motorways could also greatly help reduce road traffic collisions.
Is it time to build double-decker motorways?
When the logs came off the trailer, they hit both the double-decker bus and the tow truck.
I-5 wreck involves trucks, logs, bus - but no injuries
In the last year Gist has added 40 double-deckers to their fleet increasing pallet capacity by over 50 percent compared to standard 26 pallet trailers.
Gist adds 20 lifting floor 44 pallet trailers
A THREE double-decker buses were used in the classic 1963 film.
What was Cliff bus's last stop? Question Time; your letters
A double-decker bus has had its top ripped off after crashing into a low railway bridge in Essex.
Double-decker hits rail bridge
"It makes it feel like Baghdad is like any other capital." Iraq's transport ministry says 60 new double-decker buses, made in Jordan, will start running this week on state-run lines.
All aboard! Double-decker bus makes Baghdad comeback
The double-decker bus stuck underneath a railway bridge in Darlington
School bus driver spared jail over crash
Scene in Fishponds Road, Bristol, where 18 people were injured after the roof of a double-decker bus was torn off
18 HURT AS BUS ROOF TORN OFF
Double-decker elevators are generally used in tall towers to improve efficiency and bring down energy consumption.
Hyundai Elevators Develops Double-Decker Elevators
Chicago had similar problems in 1926 and their answer was to create a double-decker road.
Answer to congestion; Your shout
Polynesian Adventure Tours, a US-based tour and transportation company in Hawaii, has introduced seven open-top, double-decker sightseeing buses.
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The double-decker, which had around 34 pupils on board, toppled over at 3.52pm on Friday in Aberdeenshire.
Councillor calling for bus action
Red-and-blue, double-decker buses have begun bouncing down Havana's potholed streets on sightseeing tours inspired by those in locales from London to Mexico City, reports AP.
Havana gets double-decker tour buses
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched its first double-decker bus service on the Dubai-Sharjah route with the introduction of three 81-seater buses.
Dubai launches double decker bus service