- Tweedledee and Tweedledum
- n. Tweedledum and Tweedledee, two persons or things that are nearly identical; characters in Lewis Carroll's works "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass"
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Tweedledee and Tweedledum
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Tweedledee and Tweedledum — noun any two people who are hard to tell apart • Syn: ↑Tweedledum and Tweedledee • Hypernyms: ↑pair, ↑brace * * * Tweedledee and Tweedledum Two almost indistinguishable characters or things (orig the proverbial names of two rival musicians) • • • … Useful english dictionary
Tweedledum and Tweedledee — are fictional characters in Lewis Carroll s Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There and in a nursery rhyme by an anonymous author. Their names may have originally come from one of the most celebrated and most frequently quoted (and… … Wikipedia
Tweedledum y Tweedledee — Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Patachunta y Patachún o Tararí y Tarará en la traducción española) son personajes del cuento Alicia a través del espejo y lo que encontró al otro lado de Lewis Carroll y de una canción de cuna inglesa anónima. Los… … Wikipedia Español
Tweedledum et Tweedledee — par John Tenniel. Tweedledum et Tweedledee sont les personnages d’une comptine britannique écrite par le poète John Byrom, et popularisés par De l autre côté du miroir (1872) de Lewis Carroll. En français, ils peuvent aussi être appelés Bonnet… … Wikipédia en Français
The Walrus and the Carpenter — is a narrative poem by Lewis Carroll that appeared in his book Through the Looking Glass , published in December 1871. The poem is recited in chapter four, by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice. The poem is composed of 18 stanzas and contains 108 … Wikipedia
Kiddy Girl-and — Seriendaten Deutscher Titel: Kiddy Grade Originaltitel: Kiddy Grade (キディ・グレイド) Produktionsland: Japan Produktionsjahr(e): 2002 2003 Episodenlänge: etwa 25 Minuten … Deutsch Wikipedia
Kiddy Girl-and Pure — Seriendaten Deutscher Titel: Kiddy Grade Originaltitel: Kiddy Grade (キディ・グレイド) Produktionsland: Japan Produktionsjahr(e): 2002 2003 Episodenlänge: etwa 25 Minuten … Deutsch Wikipedia
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
tweedledum and tweedledee — [twēd΄ l dum′ ən twēd΄ l dē′] n. [< TWEEDLE + dum & dee, echoic of musical notes: first used of two 18th c. rival composers] 1. two persons or things so much alike as to be almost indistinguishable 2. [T and T ] two almost identical brothers… … English World dictionary
tweedledum — paired with tweedledee to signify two things or persons nearly alike, differing in name, 1725, coined by English poet John Byrom (1692 1767) in his satire On the Feud Between Handel and Bononcini, a couple of competing musicians, from tweedle to… … Etymology dictionary
