Definition of Dead ringer

1. Noun. A person who is almost identical to another.

Exact synonyms: Clone, Ringer
Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Double, Image, Look-alike

Definition of Dead ringer

1. Noun. (idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dead Ringer

dead men
dead men tell no tales
dead metaphor
dead nerve
dead nettle
dead of night
dead on
dead on arrival
dead on target
dead or alive
dead person
dead president
dead presidents
dead pulp
dead reckoning
dead ringer
dead ringers
dead room
dead rubber
dead run
dead set
dead set(p)
dead set against
dead sets
dead sleep
dead soldier
dead soldiers
dead soul
dead space
dead stick

Literary usage of Dead ringer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"She's a dead ringer for you! Looks more like your sister." "I'm glad you think so, Mr. Arbuckle." Grace is smiling, weakly. "And this is my baby sister. ..."

2. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"And he'd never bothered to notice that she was a dead ringer for Marci. "I've always had a thing for redheads," Bradley said. "Because of you," he said. ..."

3. Old Wives for New: A Novel by David Graham Phillips (1908)
"You're a dead ringer for the picture of mother when she was your age.” As he made this remark the door to the left opened and there appeared a youngish man ..."

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