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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Two things practically alike; -- a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire “On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini.”
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- noun pejorative, idiomatic Two persons or organizations deemed indistinguishable in some way.
- noun pejorative, idiomatic A pair of people who spend a lot of time together, and look and act similarly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any two people who are hard to tell apart
Etymologies
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From Tweedledum and Tweedledee, a pair of identical characters in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
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