double-barrel

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative form of double-barrelled.

2. 2

   To join with a hyphen or space.

   • You be the judge: my husband refuses to double-barrel our surnames. Should I take his last name? [title]
3. 3

   A double-barrelled gun, now especially a double-barrelled shotgun.

   • Five minutes before one — brought down a moth / With my new double-barrel — stew'd the thighs, / And made a very tolerable broth […]
   • Killer started drinking that Friday night and the more he drank, the meaner he got. He sat on the couch smelling like liquor and piss. Mumbling and cursing with his double-barrel slung across his lap.
   • The three of us huddled for a long time, stoned and shivering, before Billy and Tommy finally both aimed their double-barrels at something other than the trees and soda cans they had been popping before.

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