Meaning of spit and image | Babel Free

Definitions

Uncommon form of spitting image.

form-of, uncommon, uncountable

Examples

“"Well!" he exclaimed. "If 'tain't, 'tis the very spit⟳ and image of that there what I sees her handle⟳! But they things be pretty much of a muchness, I reckon, master."”

“Like⟳ surgically detached Siamese twins, the Dutch fashion designers Viktor and Rolf are the spit⟳ and image of each other.”

“When they insist you’re this other woman’s spit⟳ and image, say⟳: “Actually, we look⟳ nothing alike, aside from our skin color.””

“There was also Old Miliken, who'd apparently been a whiz in his time but was now an aged drunk who looked the spit⟳ and image of the aging portrait in The Portrait of Dorian Gray.”

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