twin-born

adjective

As though born a twin or twins

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Meanings

adjectivetwin-born (not comparable)

alternative twinborn

  1. not comparableAs though born a twin or twins

    Her expectations were, however, of a more subdued kind—the very depth of a woman's affection casts its own shadow, and love and fear are with her twin-born.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 72
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