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Catholic twins

Catholic twins noun: siblings born within twelve months of each other.

Noun

Catholic twins pl (normally plural, singular Catholic twin)

  1. (plural, plural-normally, slang) Siblings born within twelve months of each other.
    • “Aunt Sissy!” a young voice screeched, then Sissy was besieged by five kids who looked barely a year apart. What his mom would call Catholic Twins.2008, Shelly Laurenston, The Mane Attraction, page 139
    Synonyms:
    Irish twins
  2. (plural, plural-normally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Catholic, twin.

Synonyms of Catholic twins

Forms of Catholic twins

singularCatholic twin

Questions about Catholic twins

What does Catholic twins mean?
Catholic twins means siblings born within twelve months of each other.
What part of speech is Catholic twins?
Catholic twins is a noun.

Words near Catholic twins in the dictionary

  1. catholic epistles
  2. Catholic frog
  3. Catholic frogs
  4. Catholic Island
  5. Catholic twin
  6. Catholic twins
  7. catholica
  8. catholical
  9. catholically
  10. catholicalness
  11. catholicate

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