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Definition of double-barrelled in English: double-barrelledadjective ˌdʌb(ə)lˈbarəld 1(of a gun) having two barrels. Example sentencesExamples - The singer is understood to have arrived at the Holiday Inn in West Nile Street, Glasgow, with several double-barrelled shotguns.
- As you progress through the game, more high-powered weapons the likes of crossbows and double-barrelled shotguns will become available.
- He admitted firing a single cartridge from a double-barrelled shotgun pistol in the attack on July 4 last year, but he denied attempted murder.
- One double-barrelled shotgun, which was found near the Sports Complex in Sligo before Christmas, is believed to have been used in a robbery in Ennis.
- A double-barrelled shotgun was recovered from the scene.
- He also agreed he told police his uncle had owned a 12-bore double-barrelled shotgun at a previous address and was very proud of the gun.
- A small double-barrelled pistol was found hidden in a coffee percolator and a loaded mini revolver in a passenger's hand luggage.
- He said: ‘When I looked out of the office I saw this double-barrelled gun which was being pointed quite dramatically at me.’
- He said the gangs fought with double-barrelled shotguns, machetes, broken bottles, iron bars.
- An Italian Derrenger double-barrelled pistol was found at his gas distribution firm, CSG, in Chesterfield.
- Officers found an antique, double-barrelled Derringer hidden in a walnut grandfather clock in his bedroom.
- He also admitted unlawful possession of a double-barrelled shotgun and 31 cartridges on the same date.
- His unwelcome advance was met with double-barrelled shotgun.
- Police are puzzled as to how the stock of a double-barrelled gun arrived there or how long the waterlogged part had been there.
- Upset with the surveyors, as well as with their own relatives who had sold the land in their absence, they again demanded the double-barrelled guns they were promised.
- And I see him run inside and out he come with his double-barrelled gun.
- A double-barrelled shotgun was stolen from a private house in the Kilcohan area of Waterford between 10p.m. and midnight last Thursday.
- He was a skilled artisan and craftsman who had a great influence on the design of the double-barrelled shotgun and set up a shop in London in 1793.
- A double-barrelled shotgun was put to my head as part of the play.
- By the time she was fifteen she was living on her own, managing a roughneck joint with a double-barrelled shotgun by her side.
- 1.1 Having two parts or aspects.
Example sentencesExamples - The thing I do question is his double-barrelled approach - the ‘secret’ in the Bulletin, then the open allegation and the email on Channel Nine.
- This double-barrelled gig kicks off around 8:30 pm and costs only $3.
- The double-barrelled question is a clear instance of the transgression of this rule, but in addition there is the case of a question like.
- Victorian opener Elliott launched a double-barrelled attack on Queensland's bowlers and the record books as the Bushrangers took an iron-grip on the Pura Cup trophy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today.
- Guard cells were impaled with double-barrelled electrodes, one barrel being used to clamp the membrane potential with the dSEVC amplifier.
- Another stable girl said: ‘The horse did a full double-barrelled kick.’
- When the debate had begun a couple of hours earlier, a double-barrelled assault by the them was the last thing on his mind.
- I'm a bit duff on my double-barrelled genres (when does metal become death-metal?).
- The stable girl said in a statement that he had suffered ‘a double-barrelled kick - both the horse's feet came off the ground’.
- All of the questions posed are double-barrelled.
2British (of a surname) having two parts joined by a hyphen. Example sentencesExamples - Could anyone succeed today in the world of pop music with a double-barrelled name or a posh voice?
- He said the couple, who live in Pocklington, had considered a double-barrelled surname but decided to keep things simple.
- My surname is one of the most common in this country and hers is double-barrelled.
- You'll have seen them on TV, usually with a double-barrelled name, a hoity-toity accent and a self-appointed mission to keep Scotland in the Dark Ages.
- Do your readers think I should let her suffer with her new name or shall we try something double-barrelled like the Brown-Foxes.
- But then, what can you expect from a toff with a double-barrelled name?
- Very conceited, the men were, with double-barrelled names and chins, new-style rather than old-style gentlemen.
- So what is to become of all those naturalised people with foreign-born fathers who bear double-barrelled surnames or who are unfortunate enough to have been given more than one forename in the tradition of their father's people?
- It seems that upwardly mobile social climbers find the snob appeal of double-barrelled names irresistible.
- The fact that the fund manager has a double-barrelled name, a nice pinstripe suit and looks rather clever in the accompanying brochures is just not enough.
- Rank amateurs from the right side of the tracks - armed with nothing more than double-barrelled names and a full set of silver spoons.
- The idea that it was run by port-swilling people with double-barrelled surnames had an element of truth.
- You know how the English like their double-barrelled surnames?
- She had an aristocratic double-barrelled name for a start, and who but posh folk were called Camilla anyway?
- The Londoners at least had the decency to only field one player with a double-barrelled name, at centre.
- Balking at the double-barrelled option, our own compromise was to give them my surname as a middle name, so at least my family connection is maintained.
- His only claim to fame was his double-barrelled surname.
- But as a young man he decided to acquire a double-barrelled name by hyphenating his middle name, Grant, to the Ferris.
- ‘When Port Vale lost to Cardiff 3-1 last week, two players with double-barrelled surnames scored,’ says Steve.
- The shops were all either estate agents, handbag shops bought for girls by rich foreign daddies, or boutique vegetable stores where the mushrooms had double-barrelled names and cost nine pounds each.
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