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Siamese twin

noun

Etymology

Chang and Eng Bunker, conjoined twins from Siam (modern Thailand), were known as the "Siamese twins".

Definitions

  1. A conjoined twin

    A conjoined twin; one of two people physically joined together.

    • the two stood together; the old miser leaning against the herb-doctor with something of that air of trustful fraternity with which, when standing, the less strong of the Siamese twins habitually leans against the other.

  2. One of two people who are extraordinarily close, or always found together.

    • Didn't you hear what he said about your Lesta and the Prince — that they were as thick as butter — regular Siamese twins and you couldn't separate 'em?

  3. Either of a pair of words that occur together as an idiomatic expression or collocation,…

    Either of a pair of words that occur together as an idiomatic expression or collocation, as in "hammer and sickle", "short and sweet", or "spick and span".

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