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tweedledum and tweedledee Definition

tweedle·dum· and tweedle·dee (twēd′'l dum′ ən twēd′'l dē′)

noun

  1. two persons or things so much alike as to be almost indistinguishable
  2. two almost identical brothers in Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll

Etymology: < tweedle + dum & dee, echoic of musical notes: first used of two 18th-c. rival composers

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