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dead-ringer

dead-ringer is the alternative form of dead ringer.

Meaning of dead ringer

Noun

dead ringer (plural dead ringers)

  1. (idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.
    • He is a dead ringer for his grandfather at that age.

Forms of dead-ringer

pluraldead-ringers

Questions about dead-ringer

What is dead-ringer the alternative form of?
Dead-ringer is the alternative form of dead ringer.

Words near dead-ringer in the dictionary

  1. dead-pans
  2. dead-pay
  3. dead-pays
  4. dead-red
  5. dead-reds
  6. dead-ringer
  7. dead-ringers
  8. dead-rope
  9. dead-ropes
  10. dead-set
  11. dead-sets

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