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dead ringers

dead ringers is the plural 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.

Questions about dead ringers

What is dead ringers the plural of?
Dead ringers is the plural of dead ringer.

Words near dead ringers in the dictionary

  1. dead reckoned
  2. dead reckoning
  3. dead reckonings
  4. dead reckons
  5. dead ringer
  6. dead ringers
  7. dead rise
  8. dead rises
  9. dead rising
  10. dead risings
  11. Dead River

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