or double-double, subs. (sporting).—Winning or doing one’s best to win after engaging to lose or ‘MIKE’; (q.v.).
1887. Referee, 21 Aug., 1, 3. When the pair raced before, Teemer declared, and Hanlan did not deny, that a DOUBLE CROSS was brought off. Teemer promised to sell the match, and finished by selling those who calculated on his losing.
