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twin bill

twin bill

5.5
Two games that the same teams play on the same day, usually in baseball
  • noun
  • /twɪn bɪl/
  • Jargon
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  • The Yankees will play a twin bill against the Red Sox today.

Examples

  • Are you excited for the twin bill this weekend?

  • Both managers had to adjust their lineups for the twin bill.

  • Fans flocked to the stadium for the twin bill on Sunday.

  • The teams played a twin bill to make up for yesterday’s rainout.

  • The Yankees played a thrilling twin bill against the Red Sox, with both games going into extra innings.

  • Fans were excited to attend the twin bill at the stadium, which featured two great matchups back-to-back.

  • During the twin bill, the players showcased their skills as they battled it out in two games on the same day.

Synonyms

double feature
vstwin bill
10 3.2

Two events, such as two films or two games, held one after the other

is limited to two sports games played by the same teams on one day
doubleheader
vstwin bill
9 5.5

Two games played one after the other between the same teams on the same day

is a similar term often used informally in baseball

Surface Forms

twin bill singular
twin bills plural

Morphology

twin + bill

The meaning is compositionally built from 'twin' (twofold) + 'bill' (a program or listing of events), so a learner who knows the specialized sense of 'bill' could infer it denotes two scheduled games on the same program. However, 'bill' = program is a less frequent, domain-specific sense and the sports usage is idiomatic enough that many B1 learners would not predict it without exposure.

Etymology

The noun twin bill comes from old theater and movie programs. A bill was a list of shows, and when two were shown together it was called a twin bill, so in sports the phrase came to mean two games by the same teams on the same day.