Siamese twins
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Siamese twins
C19: named after a famous pair of conjoined twins, Chang and Eng (1811–74), who were born in Siam
Example Sentences
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Jones’ Covent Garden Ring drew mixed responses for staging the giants Fafner and Fasolt as Siamese twins, for Wotan’s wife Fricka using a limousine and for Brünnhilde dressing in a cheerleader skirt.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2021
A newswoman and a private eye probe a murder confused by separated Siamese twins.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2020
"They was like Siamese twins, you know, you didn't see them apart," said Reggie Taylor, a maintenance worker who knew the girl most of her life.
From Fox News • Nov. 2, 2018
The CSU and CDU have been political Siamese twins for most of the postwar years, contesting national elections as one party and sharing a parliamentary group.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2018
As though they were a rare breed of Siamese twins, physically separate, but with joint identities.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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