double-barrelled

double-barrelled

English

Adjective

double-barrelled

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double,‎ barrelled. Having two barrels, as a gun.
2. Twofold, having a double purpose or nature.
   • 1972, Alexander Keith, A thousand years of Aberdeen:

     Alexander Taylor, a native of Stonehaven who in the later forties went to Edinburgh, where he enjoyed a double-barrelled reputation as a rhymester and as an astronomer.

   • 2011, Colin Wilson; Damon Wilson, Scandal!: An Explosive Exposé of the Affairs, Corruption and Power Struggles of the Rich and Famous, Random House, →ISBN:

     Skilling came to Enron with a double-barrelled reputation: on the one hand he was known to be a cold man with a taste for macho showing-off (Enron employees nicknamed him 'Darth Vader'). On the other hand he was said to be a genius ...

3. (of names) Having two separate parts, often adjoined by a line (or sometimes a space), e.g. Wright-Phillips.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecy010, page 488:

     Almost unbelievably, some authors have formed the erroneous conception that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is actually the double-barrelled surname of the dictionary’s editor.

4. Forceful, powerful (like a double-barrelled shotgun).
   • 1945 November 6, Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qeensland, Australia), "She trafficked in sin and souffle":

     When the sheriff arrested [Lucy Hicks Anderson] one night, her double-barrelled reputation paid off—Charles Donlon, the town's leading banker, promptly bailed her out. Reason: He had scheduled a huge dinner party, which would have collapsed dismally with Lucy In gaol.

Translations

having two barrels, as a gun

Finnish: kaksipiippuinen (fi) Hungarian: dupla csövű, ikercsöves

having a double purpose or nature

Finnish: kaksipiippuinen (fi), kaksitahoinen, kaksijakoinen, kaksinainen Hungarian: kettős (hu), dupla (hu), kétfunkciós

of names: having two separate parts

Finnish: kaksiosainen (fi) Hungarian: kételemű

forceful, powerful

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Gujarati: (please verify) બેનાળી (benāḷī) Hindi: (please verify) दुनाली (hi) (dunālī)

See also

• double-barrelled shotgun
• triple-barrelled
• tupara