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Definition of Tweedledum and Tweedledee noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

noun
 
/ˌtwiːdlˌdʌm ən twiːdlˈdiː/
 
/ˌtwiːdlˌdʌm ən twiːdlˈdiː/
[plural]
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  1. two people or things that are not different from each other
    Word OriginOriginally names applied to the composers Bononcini (1670–1747) and Handel, in a 1725 satire by John Byrom (1692–1763); they were later used for two identical characters in Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking Glass.
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