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double
noun- a street UK, 1937
- — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- Only all-seeing God, some might say, could highlight the sidetracks and U-turns, the back-doubles and sudden veerings-off. — The Observer, 1 November 1998
- a pimp with more than one prostitute working for him US, 1987
- — Maledicta, p. 148, Summer/Winter 1986–1987: “Sexual slang: prostitutes, pedophiles, flagellators, transvestites, and necrophiles”
- in gambling, a bet on two different events in which the total return on the first selection is automatically staked on the second UK
- — David Bennet, Know Your Bets, p. 30, 2001
- a twenty-dollar note US
An abbreviation of DOUBLE SAWBUCK- — American Speech, p. 280, December 1966: “More carnie talk from the West Coast”
- — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 31, 1980
- a lift on a bicycle or, formerly, a horse AUSTRALIA, 1947
- Growing up on the North Shore of Sydney in the 1960’s and 70’s the common term for carrying a second person on a pushbike was to “give them a double”. — Wordmap (www.abc.net.au/wordmap), 2003
- sex with two prostitutes at once US
- Double: getting it on with two girls. — The Hooker’s Handbook, p. 78, 1982
▶ on the double
swiftly UK, 1865
From military use for “marching at twice the regular speed”.- Trouble on the double[.] William Gray and his wife planned their first family holiday with military precision. But with 10-month-old twins in tow, it was always going to be a challenge[.] — Daily Telegraph, 23 April 2002
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