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double hyphen
noun
Definition of DOUBLE HYPHEN
: a punctuation mark ̷ ̷ used in place of a hyphen at the end of a line to indicate that the word so divided is normally hyphenated
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First Known Use of DOUBLE HYPHEN
1893
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