Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to or being a double-header in which the first game begins in late afternoon.

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  • adjective that begins in the late afternoon

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[twi(light) + night.]

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Examples

  • After his fourth-inning solo home run in the first game of the Mets 'Wednesday twinight doubleheader with the Brewers, Mr. Duda had 12 hits, including three home runs and four doubles, in 27 at-bats — a .444 batting average and a .926 slugging percentage.

    Bears' Cutler Ready for Giants' Wrinkles 2010

  • More wet weather Monday night led to Tuesday's old-fashioned, single-admission, twinight doubleheader - but few fans made it to blustery Citi Field in time for the first pitch at 4: 10 p.m.

    SI.com 2010

  • Veeck, the son of the team's owner, Bill Veeck, invited Dahl to blow up a bin full of disco records in center field between games of a twinight doubleheader.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • More wet weather Monday night led to Tuesday's old-fashioned, single-admission, twinight doubleheader - but few fans made it to blustery Citi Field in time for the first pitch at 4: 10 p.m.

    CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports 2010

  • More wet weather Monday night led to Tuesday's old-fashioned, single-admission, twinight doubleheader - but few fans made it to blustery Citi Field in time for the first pitch at 4: 10 p.m.

    Fore, right! MIKE FITZPATRICK 2010

  • More wet weather Monday night led to Tuesday's old-fashioned, single-admission, twinight doubleheader - but few fans made it to blustery Citi Field in time for the first pitch at 4: 10 p.m.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

  • More wet weather Monday night led to Tuesday's old-fashioned, single-admission, twinight doubleheader - but few fans made it to blustery Citi Field in time for the first pitch at 4: 10 p.m.

    Fore, right! MIKE FITZPATRICK 2010

  • More wet weather Monday night led to Tuesday's old-fashioned, single-admission, twinight doubleheader - but few fans made it to blustery Citi Field in time for the first pitch at 4: 10 p.m.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

  • More wet weather Monday night led to Tuesday's old-fashioned, single-admission, twinight doubleheader - but few fans made it to blustery Citi Field in time for the first pitch at 4: 10 p.m.

    daytondailynews.com - News MIKE FITZPATRICK 2010

  • YESTERDAY: The Altoona Curve split a twinight double-header on Friday night at Canal Park.

    OurSports Central Baseball News 2009

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  • two similar ights??

    September 10, 2010