Double-barrelled

Synonyms for "double-barrelled" (2 found)

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Translations

13 translations across 3 languages.

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Finnish

4 entries
  • kaksijakoinen adj (having a double purpose or nature)
  • kaksinainen adj (having a double purpose or nature)
  • kaksiosainen adj (of names: having two separate parts)
  • kaksipiippuinen adj (having two barrels, as a gun)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • dupla adj (having a double purpose or nature)
  • dupla csövű adj (having two barrels, as a gun)
  • ikercsöves adj (having two barrels, as a gun)
  • kettős adj (having a double purpose or nature)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਦੁਨਾਲ਼ੀ adj (having two barrels, as a gun)

Sample sentences

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She has a double-barrelled name.

Source: tatoeba (1449154)

Alexander Taylor, a native of Stonehaven who in the later forties went to Edinburgh, where he enjoyed a double-barrelled reputation as a rhymester and as an astronomer.

Source: wiktionary

Order-maintenance crackdowns are not an alternative but rather an addition to the severe penalties that dominate criminal justice […] What we are left with today is a system of severe punishments for major offenders and severe treatments for minor offenders and ordinary citizens, especially minorities, a double-barreled approach with significant effects on large numbers of our citizenry.

Source: wiktionary

Skilling came to Enron with a double-barrelled reputation: on the one hand he was known to be a cold man with a taste for macho showing-off (Enron employees nicknamed him 'Darth Vader'). On the other hand he was said to be a genius ...

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