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Meanings of double feature in English

Portuguese
dobradinha

Two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)

dobradinha
Spanish
doble programa
Catalan
sessió doble

Motion picture industry phenomenon.

doble programa
Synonyms
Examples for "doubleheader"
Examples for "doubleheader"
1
Iowa State faces Northern Iowa in the second half of the doubleheader.
Reuters
2
Virginia Tech opposes Saint Joseph's in the opening game of the doubleheader.
Reuters
3
The two clubs play in a doubleheader at Staples Center on Sunday.
Reuters
4
Mike stayed at the cabin to watch a baseball doubleheader on television.
The lake
5
Well, the first game of the doubleheader, poor Mike Oquist was pitching.
The Yankee Years
1
Solid business and continued exhibitor interest persuaded the studio to keep the twin bill in theaters.
Reuters
2
But the Yankees manager got his money's worth after he was ejected from the first game of the twin bill against the Rays.
News.com.au
Usage of double feature in English
1
Allan and I aren't actually going to a double feature.
The lake
2
I picked one showing a double feature and went inside.
Man on the run
3
I told Quentin, We should do a double feature.
Wired
4
You never see a double feature now but, in a way, the concept is revived tonight.
The Irish Times
5
A double feature of Steve Cater's classic, campy New River Gorge climbing videos will be screened.
Climbing Magazine
6
A double feature in San Anselmo, I think.
The lake
7
It's like a double feature now, like you're getting Heidi and Godzilla at the same time.
The Guardian
8
For the third week he released a double feature with two new songs Pray Tell and Lifeline.
The South African
9
The picture was a double feature, so it was ten after twelve when Mrs. Purcell returned home.
Man on the run
10
It's a double feature: bed and TV?
The black minutes
11
I went to the movie and sat through a double feature without seeing it, feeling the tension beginning.
Hell hath no fury
12
Saw a double feature every Saturday.
Shadowland
13
The plan was to go to a double feature at the art-house theater on a college campus twenty miles away.
With friends like these
14
It was Satyricon', the second of the two Fellini movies the Palace was showing as their late-night double feature that Saturday.
Complete Books of Blood
15
During the summer, after much laborious preparation by Mrs. Lewis, a 16-week festival brings a different double feature to the screen every day.
The new yorker
16
She saw the marquee of a theater before her, advertising a double feature of The Face of Death, Part Four and Mondo Bizarro.
Swan Song
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Translations for double feature
Double feature across language varieties
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