decker : Idioms & Phrases

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double-decker

  • noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
    coach; omnibus; bus; motorbus; motorcoach; passenger vehicle; charabanc; jitney; autobus.
    • he always rode the bus to work
WordNet
Dou"ble-deck"er noun
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A man-of-war having two gun decks.
  2. A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. Colloq.
Webster 1913

thomas decker

  • noun English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632)
    Dekker; Decker; Thomas Dekker.
WordNet

three-decker

  • noun made with three slices of usually toasted bread
    three-decker; club sandwich.
  • noun any ship having three decks
  • noun a warship carrying guns on three decks
WordNet
Three"-deck`er noun
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
Webster 1913

triple-decker

  • noun made with three slices of usually toasted bread
    three-decker; club sandwich.
WordNet

two-decker

Two"-deck`er noun
Definitions
  1. A vessel of war carrying guns on two decks.
Webster 1913