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Tweedledum and Tweedledee — Twee|dle|dum and Twee|dle|dee two characters in the book ↑Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. They are fat little men, who are both dressed in school uniform and look exactly like each other. Their names are often used to describe two… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Tweedledum and Tweedledee — Twee|dle|dum and Twee|dle|dee [ ,twidl,dʌm ən ,twidl di ] two people who are very much like each other in their behavior and looks … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Tweedledum and Tweedledee — Twee•dle•dum and Twee•dle•dee [[t]ˌtwid lˈdʌm ən ˌtwid lˈdi[/t]] n. pl. two persons or things nominally different but practically the same • Etymology: 1715–25; humorous coinage, appar. first applied as nicknames to Italian composer Giovanni… … From formal English to slang
Tweedledum and Tweedledee — Twee dle*dum and Twee dle*dee Two things practically alike; a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692 1793) in his satire On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tweedledumand tweedledee — twee·dle·dum and twee·dle·dee (twēd l dŭmʹ ən twēd l dēʹ) n. Two people or two groups resembling each other so closely that they are practically indistinguishable. [After Tweedledum and Tweedledee, names of two proverbial rival fiddlers, of… … Universalium
