DOUBLE DAGGER Definition & Meaning

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double dagger

noun

Printing.

a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.

double dagger

noun

a character (‡) used in printing to indicate a cross reference, esp to a footnote Also calleddiesisdouble obelisk

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of double dagger¹

First recorded in 1700–10

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“It feels like a double dagger in our gut,” said Sarah Sexton, an Oakland-based music booker.

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His equipment consists of a broad-bladed hunting-knife and a double dagger, each of whose triangular blades fits into a central handle.

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Some of these may be called double daggers, having a handle in the middle, with which they are better enabled to strike different ways.

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Footnote symbols in the text include the asterisk, the dagger, the double dagger, and the section, for which I have substituted, respectively, the *, the +, the #, and the $.

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