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double-deckers

double-deckers is the plural of double-decker.

Meaning of double-decker

Noun

double-decker (plural double-deckers)

  1. A vehicle (usually a bus, coach or train) or aircraft with two floors.
  2. A frigate with two decks above the waterline.
  3. (figuratively) Any object with two layers or parts stacked on top of each other.
    1. (figuratively) A sandwich with three slices of bread, whose toppings are on both sides of the middle slice.
  4. A headline that is two lines long.
    • Indian MSM include self-identified gay men (Western acculturated), kothis (men who tend to be the receptive male partner in anal and oral sex and typically have more effeminate mannerisms), panthis (men who tend to be the insertive male partner in anal and oral sex), and double deckers (men who are...2011 December, Beena Thomas et al., “HIV in Indian MSM: Reasons for a concentrated epidemic & strategies for prevention”, in The Indian Journal of Medical Research, volume 134, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN...
    Synonyms:
    versatile, vers, switch

Questions about double-deckers

What is double-deckers the plural of?
Double-deckers is the plural of double-decker.

Words near double-deckers in the dictionary

  1. double-decants
  2. double-deck
  3. double-decker
  4. double-decker bus
  5. double-decker buses
  6. double-deckers
  7. double-declutch
  8. double-declutched
  9. double-declutches
  10. double-declutching
  11. double-dick

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