double-crosser love

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun one who double-crosses another; a person who says one thing and does another.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who double-crosses.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who says one thing and does another

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word double-crosser.

Examples

  • None of your sibling's superlatives fit you; you are neither the prettiest nor the wiliest, neither the snake-charmer nor the double-crosser.

    forestry 2010

  • "Say, that double-crosser was supposed to take off with Radnor," he cried as the boys dashed outdoors.

    I, TOO, DREAM.... 2010

  • She’s contracted to return a wealthy millionaire’s son back from Hong Kong the term ‘designer-drug market’ is only mentioned twice but is still overused, and when that plan goes south, she runs through the next 6 hours of the game looking to bitch-slap the double-crosser and his henchmen.

    Review: Wet – The Review Crew 2009

  • Schary also pointed out that few audience members agreed with Cohen's reading of Monty: "To the American audiences polled, he is cowardly (he runs), a double-crosser (he kills his best friend), he hates 'civilian' soldiers (who comprised perhaps 95% of our armed forces), and he is sweaty and sloppy (no bobby-soxer virtue for heroes)."

    Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

  • The back stabbing, Bushwhacking Dubya, (short for double-crosser) gave our jobs to foreigners, and now we pay taxes, our hard earned money, American taxes, to foreign banks.

    Will US Senators Explode if They Tell the Truth? 2008

  • If Jaxon had not been involved, she would have reached up and choked the life from the double-crosser.

    Savor Me Slowly Gena Showalter 2008

  • I just can't believe he didn't know his wife was a dirty double-crosser, the poor sad sucker ...

    diaspora 2005

  • I'm now in the position of a liar and a double-crosser.

    A Case of Courage 2007

  • Chatsworth "closed and safe and some double-crosser is trying to open Chatsworth up".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • And one of the -- you know, he came out very firmly on the traditional side that -- he said Judas was a liar and a double-crosser and ...

    CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2006 2006

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.