two-a-day
n.— «I agree with most of what you say above, except I do think the 6:30 am practices are a good idea. It is time to send a wake up call to the team, and if that means two a days, so be it. I see it as the coaching staff saying that either shape up or you will be practicing hard and long!» —“Re: The embarrassment that is the Jets” by Anthony Bergen Usenet: alt.sports.hockey.nhl.winnipeg-jets Feb. 1, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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