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Tweedledum and Tweedledee   Listen
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee  phr.  Two things practically alike; a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini."






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"Tweedledum and Tweedledee" Quotes from Famous Books



... squint spied a friend, ran to her, and there was a great deal of whispering and sniggering. Presently the pair came sauntering up and sat down; and after some artificial humming and hawing the newcomer began to talk, in a loud and fussy manner, about certain acquaintances of hers called Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Both the fat girl and the squint "split" with laughter. Laura sat with her hands locked one inside the other; there was no escape for her, for she did not know where to go. But when the third girl put the regulation question: "What's your ...
— The Getting of Wisdom • Henry Handel Richardson

... Hatter drinks his tea, The Duchess finds a moral, And Tweedledum and Tweedledee Forget in fright their quarrel. The Walrus still weeps on the sand, That strews ...
— The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll • Stuart Dodgson Collingwood



Words linked to "Tweedledum and Tweedledee" :   Tweedledee and Tweedledum, brace



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