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deadringer

deadringer 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 deadringer

pluraldeadringers

Questions about deadringer

What is deadringer the alternative form of?
Deadringer is the alternative form of dead ringer.

Words near deadringer in the dictionary

  1. deadpans
  2. deadpool
  3. deadpooled
  4. deadpooling
  5. deadpools
  6. deadringer
  7. deadringers
  8. deadrise
  9. deadrises
  10. deads
  11. deadset

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