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Meanings of dead ringer in English

A person who is almost identical to another.

Synonyms
Examples for "clone"
Examples for "clone"
1
Unless 'e's left a clone of' imself behind 'e musta done, Bunsen.
Career of Evil
2
Whether anyone would wish to clone a human is a different matter.
The Guardian
3
In this case we used the clone, because the original was damaged.
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
4
Shiran oversees the new open source project that seeks to clone Dremel.
Wired
5
Do you know what goes on in the First Family clone banks?
Woken furies
1
Go to your friends; they are expecting you in the bell-ringer's tower.
The Shadow of the Cathedral
2
He raised his hand, gazing at the gold ring on his ringer.
The nomad
3
On the other hand, the bell-ringer was far more loquacious than usual.
The Shadow of the Cathedral
4
The Indian bell-ringer rings them by a rope fastened to each clapper.
Stories of California
5
But the Logrus would detect the ringer's projected energies in no time.
The Great Book of Amber
Usage of dead ringer in English
1
In fact, seeing you in the fleshwow, it's you... a dead ringer.
The President's Assassin
2
My mother's baby sister Pressie is a dead ringer for Eartha Kitt.
Black is the new white
3
He's a dead ringer for a cat I found as a boy.
Sister Mine
4
From every angle, the child was a dead ringer for Latonya Wallace.
Homicide: a year on the killing streets
5
But it was a dead ringer for me, I'll give 'em that.
Wired
6
That girl at the Gaiety is a dead ringer to her.
Calvary Alley
7
Did you know Lea Michele is a dead ringer for Streisand?
Reuters
8
He isn't exactly a dead ringer for Hitchcock in the flesh.
The Guardian
9
He's a dead ringer fer his dad-thatought to do yuh.
The Flying U's Last Stand
10
Except for the zits, Finney's a dead ringer for Rick Nelson.
Devil Bones
11
I would also like to believe that I'm a dead ringer for Brad Pitt.
The Irish Times
12
And he'd never bothered to notice that she was a dead ringer for Marci.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
13
Cortman was almost a dead ringer for the roly-poly comedian.
I Am Legend
14
And you a dead ringer for the real thing in a classy sport yourself!
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
15
He really was a dead ringer for Tina Turner.
The brush-off: a hair-raising mystery
16
I'm looking straight at a dead ringer for Bozo.
True Lies
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Dead ringer through the time
Dead ringer across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common