double feature

noun

: a movie program with two main films

Examples of double feature in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Paris also offers the backdrop to the NBA's annual Paris game, which this season will be a double feature starring the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers. Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 This one and Dominic Sessa’s make for a perfect double feature. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024 Admission is $35 per carload; Thursday nights, the drive-in shows two-for-one double features. Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2023 With the help of Martin Sauvageau and André Dubois, Corbeil used money from his post-production company to bankroll a month’s worth of double features at Imperial Cinema that summer. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for double feature 

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Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of double feature was in 1928

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“Double feature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20feature. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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