double-barreled

Adjective

double-barrelled (not comparable)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double, barrelled. Having two barrels, as a gun.
2. Twofold, having a double purpose or nature.
   • 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.1972, Alexander Keith, A thousand years of Aberdeen
3. Having two separate parts, often adjoined by a hyphen (or sometimes a space).
   • Almost unbelievably, some authors have formed the erroneous conception that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is actually the double-barrelled surname of the dictionary’s editor.2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 488

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   hyphenated

4. (figuratively) Forceful, powerful (like a double-barrelled shotgun).
   • 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.1945 November 6, “She trafficked in sin and souffle”, in Townsville Daily Bulletin, Queensland, Australia