double-nickel
双镍合金,双镍,双层镍合金,双镍制
Definitions
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Slang.
- : the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
Examples
I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.
And Ollie says, ‘Oh, I see, well, let me have two double vodka martinis.’
A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.
He went on to say that even such double horrors had never kept cops from continuing on.
Faced with the loss of middle class voters, the administration seems determined to double down on its current coalition.
Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.
The way was under a double row of tall trees, which met at the top and formed a green arch over our heads.
The wretched young man persistently exercises his right of crying "Banco," and so practically going double or quits each time.