doubling
noun B2- The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two.
- The act of turning around, or doubling back.
- A pleat or fold.
Plural doublings
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The poor little thing was snorting like a steam-engine when she caught it, and kept doubling itself up and straightening itself out again, so that altogether, for the first minute or two, it was as much as she could do to hold it.
Then offer him double that sum; a banker never loses an opportunity of doubling his capital.”
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