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Jekyll-and-Hyde

Jekyll-and-Hyde is the alternative form of Jekyll and Hyde.

Meaning of Jekyll and Hyde

Noun

Jekyll and Hyde (plural Jekylls and Hydes or Jekyll and Hydes)

  1. Someone or something that has two sides: one good (the "Dr Jekyll") and one bad (the "Mr Hyde").
    • The public will be better off if United and Western are true competitors, instead of a pair of Jekylls and Hydes.1944, United Air Lines, Inc, Before the Civil Aeronautics Board: Briefs, Exhibits, etc. (page 28)

Forms of Jekyll-and-Hyde

pluralJekyll-and-Hydes

Questions about Jekyll-and-Hyde

What is Jekyll-and-Hyde the alternative form of?
Jekyll-and-Hyde is the alternative form of Jekyll and Hyde.

Words near Jekyll-and-Hyde in the dictionary

  1. Jekkie
  2. Jekkies
  3. Jekyll
  4. Jekyll and Hyde
  5. Jekyll and Hydes
  6. Jekyll-and-Hyde
  7. Jekyll-and-Hydes
  8. Jekyll-Hyde syndrome
  9. Jekyll/Hyde syndrome
  10. Jekyllesque
  11. Jekyllian

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