noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
double whammy
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the double whammy of higher prices and more taxes
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
double
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After the double whammy of rugby in Johannesburg and rowing with Redgrave, though, I more resembled a wizened old man.
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In the political parlance of 1992, I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy .
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Anyway, in a showbiz double whammy the boys with the buttocks have been talking to Bryan Burnett.
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Is he aware that the Labour party will put up both - a double whammy ?
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Economic impudence plus political insensitivity combine to make a Kinnockian double whammy that I will vote Tory to avoid, however unenthusiastically.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After the double whammy of rugby in Johannesburg and rowing with Redgrave, though, I more resembled a wizened old man.
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Anyway, in a showbiz double whammy the boys with the buttocks have been talking to Bryan Burnett.
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Economic impudence plus political insensitivity combine to make a Kinnockian double whammy that I will vote Tory to avoid, however unenthusiastically.
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In the political parlance of 1992, I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy .
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Is he aware that the Labour party will put up both - a double whammy ?
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Soften them up, then hit them with the whammy .
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We've each had our hot streaks, I won't deny: the whammy has changed hands many times.