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double-figure

[ duhb-uhl-fig-yer; British duhb-uhl-fig-er ]

adjective

, British.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of double-figure1

First recorded in 1855–60

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Example Sentences

This time I got a tiny double figure, most delicately carved, and an old carved horn comb.

Grim meditation returns in double figure,—the slower, heavier pace below.

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