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Barack Obama and Jimmy Hoffa are like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Lady Gaga and hype, the 'Jersey Shore' cast and hairspray: inseparable. The president can no more disown the Teamsters Union's leader than he can disown his own id.
Michelle Malkin

Meaning of "Tweedledum and Tweedledee" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE

From the proverbial names of Handel and the musician Buononcini, who were supported by rival factions though it was thought by some that there was nothing to choose between them. The names were popularized by Lewis Carroll's use of them in Through the Looking Glass (1872).
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PRONUNCIATION OF TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE

Tweedledum and Tweedledee  [ˌtwiːdəlˈdʌm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tweedledum and Tweedledee is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Tweedledum and Tweedledee are fictional characters in an English nursery rhyme and in Lewis Carroll's 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 who look and act in identical ways, generally in a derogatory context.

Definition of Tweedledum and Tweedledee in the English dictionary

The definition of Tweedledum and Tweedledee in the dictionary is any two persons or things that differ only slightly from each other; two of a kind.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE


bedumb
bɪˈdʌm
cundum
ˈkʌndʌm
dumb
dʌm
dumdum
ˈdʌmˌdʌm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE

Tweeddale
tweedier
tweediest
tweediness
tweedle
tweedledee
tweedler
tweeds
Tweedsmuir

WORDS THAT END LIKE TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE

attendee
awardee
bendee
Chaldee
chickadee
chordee
City of Dundee
dee
Dundee
fiddle-de-dee
fiddledeedee
grandee
pardee
secondee
spondee
standee
tweedledee
undee
vendee
Zebedee

Synonyms and antonyms of Tweedledum and Tweedledee in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Tweedledum and Tweedledee» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE

Find out the translation of Tweedledum and Tweedledee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Tweedledum and Tweedledee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Tweedledum and Tweedledee» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半斤八两
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Tweedledum y Tweedledee
570 millions of speakers

English

Tweedledum and Tweedledee
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Tweedledum और Tweedledee
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

Tweedledum و Tweedledee
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Tweedledum и Труляля
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Tweedledum e Tweedledee
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Tweedledum এবং Tweedledee
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Tweedledum et Tweedledee
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tweedledum dan Tweedledee
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dick und Doof
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トゥィードルダムとトゥィードルディー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

좌청룡 Tweedledee
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tweedledum lan Tweedledee
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Tweedledum và Tweedledee
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Tweedledum மற்றும் Tweedledee
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Tweedledum आणि Tweedledee
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Birbirinin aynı iki şey
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Tweedledum e Tweedledee
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tweedledum i Tweedledee
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Tweedledum і Труляля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tweedledum și Tweedledee
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Tweedledum και Tweedledee
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Dubbel gangers
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Tweedledum och Tweedledee
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Tweedledum og Tweedledee
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Tweedledum and Tweedledee

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE»

The term «Tweedledum and Tweedledee» is normally little used and occupies the 135.494 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Tweedledum and Tweedledee» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Tweedledum and Tweedledee» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Tweedledum and Tweedledee

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QUOTES WITH «TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
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Michelle Malkin
Barack Obama and Jimmy Hoffa are like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Lady Gaga and hype, the 'Jersey Shore' cast and hairspray: inseparable. The president can no more disown the Teamsters Union's leader than he can disown his own id.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE»

Discover the use of Tweedledum and Tweedledee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Tweedledum and Tweedledee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Lighter Side of Gravity
THE EXPERIMENT OF TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE In fact, the tidal force is a mechanism whereby energy can be transferred from one astronomical object to another. An interesting thought experiment illustrating this process was  ...
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, 1996
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Price Theory and Applications
Example-Tweedledum and Tweedledee Tweedledum and Tweedledee have identical skills and have therefore always had identical incomes. In years when their skills are in demand, their incomes are both high, and at other times their ...
Steven Landsburg, 2010
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Lewis Carroll
"Tweedledum and Tweedledee" is an old expression meaning (more or less) " two things that are so close to being the same that there is no point in trying to tell them apart" Alice says this poem in her mind when she meets two characters ...
Lewis Carroll, Edward Mendelson, 2000
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Game Theory and the Social Contract: Just playing
For example, the strategies GRIM, TIT-FOR-TAT, TWEEDLEDUM, and TWEEDLEDEE all survive in appreciable numbers in Linster's [327, 328] simulation using all twenty-six automata from Figure 3.3. Each of these strategies is evolutionarily ...
K. G. Binmore, 1998
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Woodrow Wilson: A Life for World Peace
Woodrow Wilson, the candidate of the Democratic party, compared them to Tweedledum and Tweedledee.5 Wilson had become at last the opponent of both the regular Republicans and their Bull Moose rivals. It is his story that we must tell  ...
J. W. Schulte Nordholt, 1991
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Alice in Wonderland
And all the little Oysters stood And waited in a row. ALICE. What were they waiting for? (TWEEDLEDUM and TWEEDLEDEE watch ALICE, cross-eyed, shaking their heads sadly and speaking sqftfy.) TWEEDLEDUM. Nohow. TWEEDLEDEE.
Charlotte B Chorpenning, 1959
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What Art Is Like, In Constant Reference to the Alice Books
After Tweedledum and Tweedledee have had their battle (“And all about a rattle!” ), the disagreement between them not showing signs of abating, Alice thinks, “I wish the monstrous crow would come.” The crow eventually comes and she runs  ...
Miguel Tamen, 2012
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Alice Through the Looking-Glass
... 'which is the best way out of this wood: it's getting so dark. Would you tell me, please?' But the little men only looked at each other and grinned. They looked so exactly like a couple of great schoolboys, 29 TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE.
Lewis Carroll, 2013
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Pensionomics: On the Role of PAYGO in Pension Portfolios
After lots of adventures and bumping into strange-looking accountants, actuaries, and tar attorneys, Alice finds herself face to face with Tweedledum and Tweedledee, two citizens of difierent countries in Fiscal Land. The two are having a ...
Matthias F. Jäkel, 2006
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Through the Looking-glass and what Alice Found There
Just then flew down a monstrous crow, As black as a tar-barrel; Which frightened both the heroes so, They quite forgot their quarrel.' 'I know what you're thinking about,' said Tweedledum, 'but itisn't. 25 IV: Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Lewis Carroll, Jennifer Bassett, 1995

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Tweedledum and Tweedledee is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wide diversity of views marks presidential race: Editorial
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, he'd call them. This time around, with more than a score of candidates officially in the race, the field is as diverse as anyone ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
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Weighing the British Political Opponents
Are the Tories and Labour the Tweedledum and Tweedledee of British politics? There is not much to choose between the British parties in economic election ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
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Twins to play Tweedledum and Tweedledee in school musical
Twins Paige Nash (back) and Aimee Nash, 16, are ready to play Tweedledum and Tweedledee in the Fraser Coast Anglican College's production of Alice in ... «Fraser Coast Chronicle, Mar 15»
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In Tweedledum Vs Tweedledee, Jaitley gave the game away to …
But the "Clash of the Titans" turned out to be a pillow-fight on a mattress between Tweedledum and Tweedledee. If Chidambaram had been the current finance ... «Firstpost, Nov 14»
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Wee Faerie Village Gives 'Alice In Wonderland' A Steampunk Twist
"Alice Meets Tweedledum and Tweedledee"by Cathy DeMeo is part of "Wee Faerie Village in a Steampunk Wonderland" at the Florence Griswold Museum in ... «Hartford Courant, Oct 14»
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Canada's choice: Tweedledum and Tweedledee
OK, now the choice is clear. When it comes to balancing the budget there are two starkly different options in the political arena. Voters rejoice. On the one side is ... «Toronto Sun, Feb 14»
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American Democracy: Pro-Israel Tweedledum and Tweedledee
(OSAKA, Japan) - Helen Keller's pithy observation about American democracy being little more than a choice “between Tweedledum and Tweedledee” was ... «Salem-News.Com, Oct 10»
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Philip Pullman to unveil Oxford gargoyles
... they have been replaced by images including those of fictional characters Aslan, the lion from The Chronicles of Narnia, and Tweedledum and Tweedledee, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 09»
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'3D for Beginners': Creating the Hitme Character
... glossy stripes that emphasize his roundness, and are reminiscent of Uderzos Obelix or Tenniels version of Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The feet are large, ... «Animation World Network, Jun 05»

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