double eaglen.

Etymology: < double adj.¹ + eagle n. 5b.

1. A gold coin of the value of twenty dollars. U.S.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > North American coins > U.S.

quarter dollar1615

bit1683

quarter1776

cent1782

dollar1785

dime1786

eagle1786

half-dollar1786

half-eagle1786

sharpshin1804

picayune1805

caser1825

pic1839

double eagle1849

slug1851

hog1859

pine tree money1859

martin bita1884

meter1940

1849 Laws of U.S. concerning Money (1910) 508 For all sums whatever, the double eagle shall be a legal tender for twenty dollars.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 185 There are also double eagles of twenty dollars.

1872 E. Eggleston End of World xxvi. 179 He..piled the double-eagles like a fortification in front of him.

1886 Harper's Mag. Dec. 36 Then the spokesman took a golden double-eagle from his belt.

1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail viii. 61 His wages were twenty-five dollars a month, which his van bill would reduce to the double eagle.

1948 P. Johnston Lost & Living Cities Calif. Gold Rush 4l/1 A shower of bright double eagles clattered musically to the floor.

2. An ensign or armorial bearing, esp. in Germany.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > heraldic birds

eaglec1380

swana1400

phoenix?a1425

pelicana1430

ravena1450

merlette1451

popinjayc1460

eagletc1494

merliona1500

martletc1519

merlion?a1549

spread eagle1550

meropie1572

spread eaglet1602

alerion1625

liver1668

shoveller1780

eagle in her majesty?1828

double eagle1861

hirondelle1880

pelican in her piety1885

1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 413 The Imperial double eagle..in all its ugliness.

1934 H. Miller Tropic of Cancer 246 Goethe was..stamped with the German trade-mark, with the double eagle.

1936 Burlington Mag. Sept. 111/2 Besides the owl-jugs proper there exists another..in the form of a double-eagle.

1936 Burlington Mag. Sept. 112 (caption) Double-Eagle Jug, with the arms of von Khuenburg of Carinthia.

Draft additions January 2005

Golf (chiefly U.S.). A score of three under par on a hole; a hole played in three strokes under par; = albatross n. 4. Cf. eagle n. 9.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > scoring

half1881

par1887

bird1906

birdie1906

eagle1909

double eagle1925

albatross1932

hole in one1935

bogey1946

double bogey1954

1925 Washington Post 9 Sept. 17/1 He was then so far in the rear that nothing less than a succession of double eagles would have given him a chance to win.

1975 New Yorker 5 May 102/3 Gene Sarazen came through with what stands as unquestionably the most sensational single shot in golf history: the 4-wood second that he holed out for a double-eagle 2 on the 485-yard, par-5 fifteenth.

2004 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 20 May d2 John Wooden once had a hole in one and a double eagle in one round of golf.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	double eagle
释义	double eaglen. Etymology: < double adj.¹ + eagle n. 5b. 1. A gold coin of the value of twenty dollars. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > North American coins > U.S. quarter dollar1615 bit1683 quarter1776 cent1782 dollar1785 dime1786 eagle1786 half-dollar1786 half-eagle1786 sharpshin1804 picayune1805 caser1825 pic1839 double eagle1849 slug1851 hog1859 pine tree money1859 martin bita1884 meter1940 1849 Laws of U.S. concerning Money (1910) 508 For all sums whatever, the double eagle shall be a legal tender for twenty dollars. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 185 There are also double eagles of twenty dollars. 1872 E. Eggleston End of World xxvi. 179 He..piled the double-eagles like a fortification in front of him. 1886 Harper's Mag. Dec. 36 Then the spokesman took a golden double-eagle from his belt. 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail viii. 61 His wages were twenty-five dollars a month, which his van bill would reduce to the double eagle. 1948 P. Johnston Lost & Living Cities Calif. Gold Rush 4l/1 A shower of bright double eagles clattered musically to the floor. 2. An ensign or armorial bearing, esp. in Germany. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > heraldic birds eaglec1380 swana1400 phoenix?a1425 pelicana1430 ravena1450 merlette1451 popinjayc1460 eagletc1494 merliona1500 martletc1519 merlion?a1549 spread eagle1550 meropie1572 spread eaglet1602 alerion1625 liver1668 shoveller1780 eagle in her majesty?1828 double eagle1861 hirondelle1880 pelican in her piety1885 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 413 The Imperial double eagle..in all its ugliness. 1934 H. Miller Tropic of Cancer 246 Goethe was..stamped with the German trade-mark, with the double eagle. 1936 Burlington Mag. Sept. 111/2 Besides the owl-jugs proper there exists another..in the form of a double-eagle. 1936 Burlington Mag. Sept. 112 (caption) Double-Eagle Jug, with the arms of von Khuenburg of Carinthia. Draft additions January 2005 Golf (chiefly U.S.). A score of three under par on a hole; a hole played in three strokes under par; = albatross n. 4. Cf. eagle n. 9. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > scoring half1881 par1887 bird1906 birdie1906 eagle1909 double eagle1925 albatross1932 hole in one1935 bogey1946 double bogey1954 1925 Washington Post 9 Sept. 17/1 He was then so far in the rear that nothing less than a succession of double eagles would have given him a chance to win. 1975 New Yorker 5 May 102/3 Gene Sarazen came through with what stands as unquestionably the most sensational single shot in golf history: the 4-wood second that he holed out for a double-eagle 2 on the 485-yard, par-5 fifteenth. 2004 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 20 May d2 John Wooden once had a hole in one and a double eagle in one round of golf. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1849
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