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ˈdouble-cross, double cross
[f. double a. + cross n.]
1. [cross n. 29.] An act of treachery to both parties (orig. in gaming or sport) esp. by pretended collusion with each; more widely, betrayal of the other party in a (dishonest) transaction.
1834W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iv. ii. 244 (title of poem) The Double Cross. 1848Sporting Life 4 Mar. 4/2 All bets are off. It has..been ‘rumoured’, that a double cross was intended. 1874Hotten Slang Dict., Double cross, a cross in which a man who has engaged to lose breaks his engagement, and ‘goes straight’ at the last moment. 1887Referee 21 Aug. 1/3 (Farmer), A double cross was brought off. Teemer promised to sell the match, and finished by selling those who calculated on his losing. 1896Ade Artie ix. 79 Every time I see him over at the city hall he's whisperin' to one o' them red-necked boys and fixin' it to give somebody the double-cross. 1910W. M. Raine B. O'Connor 214 ‘Think you're getting the double-cross?’ asked Leroy. 1920A. E. W. Mason Summons xii, There was always a certain amount of money for the man who would work the double cross. 1930H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham i. i. 9 Espionage had never been so universal, conscientious, and respected, and the double cross of Christian diplomacy ruled the skies from Washington to Tokio. 1959‘H. Howard’ Deadline x. 80 It had to be someone on Lloyd's payroll who was working the double-X. 1970E. McGirr Death pays Wages iv. 89 Part of the deal is that I guarantee you against a double-cross or hi-jacking.
Hence double-cross v. trans., to give (a person or persons) the double-cross; loosely, to cheat; also absol.; double-crosser; double-crossing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1903Ade People you Know 153 Although he had been double-crossed and put through the Ropes, he still had a Punch left. 1904‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings x. 161 'Twas thus I was double-crossed by the Tropics through a family failin' of goin' out of the way to hunt disturbances. 1910W. M. Raine B. O'Connor 240 Nothing like being on the spot to prevent double-crossing. 1915Wodehouse Something Fresh i, A wealthy uncle who subsequently double-crossed them by leaving his money to charities. 1926J. Black You can't Win iv. 42 This song is a favorite among negroes when in great trouble, such as..being double-crossed by a friend. 1927Observer 10 July 17/5 This was apparently part of a deep-laid plot, for the Nationalists now consider they have been double-crossed. 1927Vanity Fair Nov. 132/4 A ‘rat’ or a ‘heel’ is a double-crosser or a worthless person. 1928Hearst's International Aug. 156/3 Are you going to be a dirty thief and a double-crosser? 1928Collier's 18 Aug. 6/4 ‘You're a double-crossing rat,’ I said. 1940E. Pound Cantos lxv. 142 Congress has double XX'd me. 1942C. S. Lewis Broadcast Talks i. i. 11 Think of a country where..a man felt proud of double-crossing all the people who had been kindest to him. 1960Double-crosser [see back-stabber].
2. [cross n. 28.] A cross between two hybrids each obtained by crossing two separate inbred lines, e.g. in the production of maize.
1920Wallaces' Farmer 18 June 1604/2 To gain the maximum results from inbred strains it is necessary to bring together four strains in what is called a double cross. 1934Discovery Feb. 52/2 The so-called double-cross technique so largely used in breeding maize in America and used to a lesser extent with swine and poultry in several countries. 1967Briggs & Knowles Introd. Plant Breeding xviii. 226 Jones, in 1918, proposed the use of the double cross to produce hybrid varieties of corn. By double cross is meant the hybridization of two single crosses and the use of the F1 as the commercial crop. Ibid., Double cross hybrids.
3. Shortened form of double cross-stitch.
[1934M. Thomas Dict. Embroidery Stitches 63 Double cross stitch, a canvas stitch, consisting of a cross stitch set diagonally with another cross stitch set straight and worked over the first.] 1960G. Lewis Handbk. Crafts 38 Frequently these two are the only stitches used to the neglect of the many others which would greatly enrich many pieces of work, such as doublecross. |
