Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of decker.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word deckers.

Examples

  • They have three cameras inside single deckers which is fair enough since they're single-crewed and run to some remote places.

    ORG Call To Arms (Cameras, Actually) Patrick Vessey 2008

  • Some high-speed trains – although not the double deckers mooted at the weekend by Greening – would continue onward on existing track to destinations on the west side of the country.

    High-speed rail link HS2 set for go ahead from minister 2012

  • Double deckers were insignificant at the end of 2008, but now manage ¥9.65 trillion $126 billion, according to Morningstar.

    Investors Take Risky Ride on Double Deckers John Jannarone 2011

  • I'm thinking some double deckers like they had in London would fit the bill.

    100 pages of poppycock (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • It isn't hard to imagine double deckers taking hold in the U.S., where investors have poured billions of dollars into companies that need leverage to generate decent returns.

    Investors Take Risky Ride on Double Deckers John Jannarone 2011

  • A few peeling stores leaning together were flanked by faded double deckers with shades but no curtains in the windows, making up the town's center, which tailed away in a string of several trailers across from the planing mill that more or less accounted for the place.

    The Warden 2010

  • Moving from the quiet, quaint double-deckers of England's comprehensive bus system to the jam-packed, noisy, arbitrarily concocted alternative in Los Angeles was, to say the least, a bit of a shock.

    Emily Henry: Tales From a Bus in Los Angeles 2010

  • It plans to add 32 buses to its fleet of double-deckers, along with 85 drivers, mechanics and general staff members primarily based in the District.

    Megabus to make D.C. its fifth travel hub Danielle Douglas 2010

  • Mr. Barrow, a Christmas-pudding chef who goes by the name Knigel Knapp Knight of the UnKnown, is waging a fight against "the bendy bus," articulated buses that have replaced some double-deckers in London.

    In the Longest-Running Joke in Politics, Life Comes to Imitate Farce 2010

  • Mr. Barrow, a Christmas-pudding chef who goes by the name Knigel Knapp Knight of the UnKnown, is waging a fight against "the bendy bus," one-level articulated buses that have replaced some double-deckers in London.

    In the Longest-Running Joke in Politics, Life Imitates Farce 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.