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double dagger
noun
a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
double dagger
noun
Also called: diesis. double obelisk.a character (‡) used in printing to indicate a cross reference, esp to a footnote
Word History and Origins
Origin of double dagger1
Example Sentences
“It feels like a double dagger in our gut,” said Sarah Sexton, an Oakland-based music booker.
His equipment consists of a broad-bladed hunting-knife and a double dagger, each of whose triangular blades fits into a central handle.
Some of these may be called double daggers, having a handle in the middle, with which they are better enabled to strike different ways.
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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