Definitions
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- proper noun A fictional little fat
man who is the twin brother ofTweedle-dum and appears in multiple artisticworks , including certainnursery rhymes and Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass. - noun One of a pair (the other of the pair being
Tweedle-dum ) of nominally different (often: but practically identical) things.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum will be together this weekend, blonde and brunette, no doubt wearing tight dresses.
Beth Arnold: Is Elisabeth Hasselbeck Too Dumb to Be on The View? 2008
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Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee are too busy worrying about the things the kids in high schools worry about this time of year.
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The 'Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum' political parties have run out of time because voters have run out of patience.
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I am the same as you, Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum…….sorry.
quiz: which Lord of the Rings/Alice in Wonderland character are you? « raincoaster 2007
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Perhaps Tweedle-dee is not so Tweedle-dum after all?
America's Player: Has HUD just become a houseguest on Big Brother (Section) 8? 2007
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They're like babies sittin 'on a woman's knee Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee Well, the rain beating down on my windowpane I got love for you and it's all in vain Brains in the pot, they're beginning to boil They're dripping with garlic and olive oil Tweedle-dee Dee - he's on his hands and his knees Saying, "Throw me somethin', Mister, please. "
TWEEDLE DEE & TWEEDLE DUM Dylan, Bob, 1941- 2001
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Tweedle-dee promptly obeyed orders and the next moment was in front of the spiral stairway which led to the gallery.
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The fun was at its height, Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee had danced with every other goblin, the evening star included, though it must be confessed that Tweedle-dee had been unanimously pronounced the better leader by his partners, and Jack "almost as good as a boy; she was so strong and danced so divinely," though none had as yet guessed the identity of either.
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"Perhaps you are likewise ignorant of the identity of the two people who masqueraded as Tweedle-dee and Jack o 'Lantern?"
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"And what is right for Tweedle-dum is wrong for Tweedle-dee," sang Peggy in her sweet contralto voice, Polly following in her bird-like whistle.
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