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Definition of Doubleheaders
1. doubleheader [n] - See also: doubleheader
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doubleheaders
Literary usage of Doubleheaders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of the American Railway Engineering Association by American Railway Engineering Association (1921)
"Notes on the map will indicate restrictions as to speed and doubleheaders, and
in order that these notes may not be overlooked an asterisk may be placed ..."
2. Manual by American Railway Engineering Association, National Futures Association (U.S.) (1916)
"Notes on the map will indicate restrictions as to speed and doubleheaders, and
in order that these notes may not be overlooked an asterisk may be placed ..."
3. Railroad Operations: How to Know Them from a Study of the Accounts and by James Shirley Eaton (1900)
"The use of doubleheaders will greatly lessen the value of this average.
With irregularity in the amount of motive power used, and consequently in the number ..."
4. Handbook of Railroad Expenses by James Shirley Eaton (1913)
"... either as pushers or doubleheaders; miles run while hauling the second cut of
a special-service train doubled over grades; miles run by locomotives ..."
5. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"In successive doubleheaders against the Athletics in June, Cronin pinch-hit four
times and slammed three home runs, all with two men on base. ..."
6. Legislative Documents Compiled by Order of the ... General Assembly by Iowa General Assembly (1906)
"... of employment relative to dismissal, suspension, etc. Rest terminal, overtime
and representation by committee, limiting of doubleheaders, etc. ..."
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