What does tweedledum and tweedledee mean?
Definitions for tweedledum and tweedledee
ˌtwid lˈdʌm ən ˌtwid lˈditwee·dle·dum and twee·dledee
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Princeton's WordNet
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Tweedledee and Tweedledumnoun
any two people who are hard to tell apart
Wiktionary
Tweedledum and Tweedledeenoun
Two persons or organizations deemed indistinguishable in some way.
Tweedledum and Tweedledeenoun
A pair of people who spend a lot of time together, and look and act similarly.
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Tweedledum and Tweedledee are characters in an English nursery rhyme and in Lewis Carroll's 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Their names may have originally come from an epigram written by poet John Byrom. The nursery rhyme has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19800. The names have since become synonymous in western popular culture slang for any two people whose appearances and actions are identical.
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tweedledum and tweedledee
Tweedledum and Tweedledee are characters from an English nursery rhyme, popularly known from Lewis Carroll's novel "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There". They are usually depicted as identical or indistinguishable twin brothers. In a broader and more metaphorical sense, "Tweedledum and Tweedledee" is often used to describe two people or groups that are virtually indistinguishable in behavior, attitude, or viewpoint, typically suggesting that their alleged rivalry or disagreement is superficial or pointless.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tweedledum and tweedledee in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tweedledum and tweedledee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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- tweedledum et tweedledeeFrench
- setali tiga uangIndonesian
- ಟ್ವೀಡ್ಲೆಡಮ್ ಮತ್ತು ಟ್ವೀಡ್ಲೆಡೀKannada
- tweedledum மற்றும் tweedledeeTamil
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