Definition of "double-header" [double-header]

• Sports Two games or events held in succession on the same program, especially in baseball. (noun)
• A train pulled by two locomotives. (noun)

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• "The goal ensured that Stoke would play in the fifth round in the same week as the Valencia double-header."
• "Sky Sports has ditched some of the bombast ahead of the double-header: there's been no talk yet of "Grand Slam Sunday" or the "awesome foursome"."
• "This international double-header has still offered signs of promise."