Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having two heads: as, a double-headed eagle in a coat of arms.
- Supposed to have two heads: as, the double-headed serpent (the amphisbæna).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having two heads; bicipital.
- adjective (Railroad) a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.
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Examples
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12:03: Laughter around the hall as Agius refers to the "double-headed eagle" logo of Barclays before correcting himself.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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He chose a double-headed eagle identical to Russia's official emblem for his heraldic crest as Baron Truscott of St James, then joined Labour's defence team in the Lords before becoming a Minister.
Labour sleaze claims update Not a sheep 2009
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Another year "in the days when you made your own costumes, my girlfriend and I decided we were going to go as ghosts, so we went as a double-headed ghost."
'Mad Men' Costume Designer Janie Bryant Reveals Her Favorite Halloween Costumes (VIDEO) The Huffington Post 2010
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Another year "in the days when you made your own costumes, my girlfriend and I decided we were going to go as ghosts, so we went as a double-headed ghost."
'Mad Men' Costume Designer Janie Bryant Reveals Her Favorite Halloween Costumes (VIDEO) The Huffington Post 2010
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Another year "in the days when you made your own costumes, my girlfriend and I decided we were going to go as ghosts, so we went as a double-headed ghost."
'Mad Men' Costume Designer Janie Bryant Reveals Her Favorite Halloween Costumes (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Written together in 1827, Schubert's symphony-size trios are like the mythological double-headed Janus.
PERFORMING ARTS 2011
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Among the mounds, glow-in-the-dark wall protuberances, and Mardi Gras-like peacock headdresses, don't miss the large bronze, curved, double-headed, and veined dildo nailed to the wall, titled Smile.
Jerry Saltz: Ask an Art Critic: Jerry Saltz Answers Your Questions About George Condo, Online Art Fairs, and What Abstraction Really Is Jerry Saltz 2011
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Homer pinched the sides and into his palm jangled three buffalo nickels—a legit coin that sported both heads and tails, a trick one that was double-headed, and another that was double-tailed.
Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011
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Among the mounds, glow-in-the-dark wall protuberances, and Mardi Gras-like peacock headdresses, don't miss the large bronze, curved, double-headed, and veined dildo nailed to the wall, titled Smile.
Jerry Saltz: Ask an Art Critic: Jerry Saltz Answers Your Questions About George Condo, Online Art Fairs, and What Abstraction Really Is Jerry Saltz 2011
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Another year "in the days when you made your own costumes, my girlfriend and I decided we were going to go as ghosts, so we went as a double-headed ghost."
'Mad Men' Costume Designer Janie Bryant Reveals Her Favorite Halloween Costumes (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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