double eagle
A gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of…A gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle coin.
» Tom hit a double-eagle on the second hole.
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3 senses(US)A gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle coin.
a former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars
Three under par, one stroke short of an ace (a hole in one) on a par-five hole.
(golf) a score of three strokes under par on a 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).
Examples
1 sentencesTom hit a double-eagle on the second hole.
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