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double
verb 1. to convey as a second person on a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle.
–noun 2. a ride obtained from being doubled. Compare bar2, dink, dinky1, dinky-double, donkey1, dub, pug. Also, double-bank.
Contributor's comments: Growing up on the North Shore of Sydney in the 1960's and 70's the common term for carrying a second person on a pushbike was to "give them a double"
Contributor's comments: [Casino NSW informant] "double you" - to give someone a ride on the bar of your bike: "I'll double ya."
Contributor's comments: As a child growing up around the Lake Macquarie area, "Give us a double?" meant asking for a lift on anything from a horse to a scooter but it was most commonly applied to being given a lift on the bar or the seat of a pushbike.
Contributor's comments: 'dub' was the only term in use in Goulburn in the 60s and 70s.
Contributor's comments: Growing up in Wynnum in the 60s, we just called it "doubling". eg. Will you double me to school on your bike?
Contributor's comments: I grew up in Bourke in 1950's & 60's. 'Double' was the word we usually used and 'dink' was less common but also used for the same meaning. 'Double-dink' is an expression that I associate with the arrival of American cotton farmers in the mid 60's.
Contributor's comments: I knew this term as "a double" and it meant to give someone a lift on a bike when they were sitting on the bar between the handle bars and seat. Their weight never seemed right if they sat on the luggage rack "rat-trap" behind the seat. Could only be done on a boy's bike as girls bikes had no bar back then.
Contributor's comments: In Adelaide this was known as a double-dink.