double eagle
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double eagle
noun double eagles · double-eagle
- A gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle coin. Miss Charlotte cried, ‘Mr. Saddler, you can‘t do that! Why, it's a double eagle!’
- Three under par, one stroke short of an ace (a hole in one) on a par-five hole.
- A representation of an eagle with two heads, as in the heraldic arms of Russia and Austria and in iconography from Antiquity onward (especially in the Roman Empire). When a legion pitched its camp, the eagle was placed in its centre; and if it happened that two legions encamped together, they erected upon the limits of the two camps a double eagle, with heads and wings opposed.
Similar: albatross
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Talk about this word "double eagle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/double%20eagle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. double eagle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/double%20eagle "double eagle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/double%20eagle.Cite this
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title = {double eagle},
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