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dou⋅ble⋅ton

  [duhb-uhl-tuhn]
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–noun Chiefly Bridge.
a set of only two cards of the same suit in a hand as dealt: The other player held a doubleton.
Origin:
1905–10; modeled on singleton
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dou·ble·ton   (dŭb'əl-tən)   
n.  A pair of cards that are the only ones of their suit in a hand dealt to a player.

[double + (single)ton.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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