doubles
noun
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Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
Example: Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles.
A drink with two portions of alcohol.
Example: On second thought, make that a double.
A ghostly apparition of a living person; doppelgänger.
verb
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To multiply by two.
Example: The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.
To fold over so as to make two folds.
Example: To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.
To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
Example: Our earnings have doubled in the last year.
noun
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The double time, a marching cadence (pace) approaching running speed.
noun
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A game between pairs of players
Example: Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles.
(campanology) bell changes rung on five bells
Example: A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.
A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.