Lexicographical Neighbors of Tweedles
Literary usage of Tweedles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wurzel-Flummery: A Comedy in One Act by Alan Alexander Milne (1922)
"The tweedles name has been rooted in the community for 200 years, and the family
look down on "summer people" with the vigor that only "summer boarder" ..."
2. Masques and Mummers: Essays on the Theatre of Here and Now by Charles Frederic Nirdlinger (1899)
"That only happens," the Critic presumed, " where Miss tweedles, for instance,
happens to be a local favorite or of special renown. ..."
3. The Temperance Tales by Lucius Manlius Sargent (1856)
"Dr. tweedles does the same thing.' — 'I always do,' said Deacon Eldridge. —' So
do I,' said Mr. Hoogs. Six or eight of the company affirmed, that they were ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1850)
"It seems to us that the difference between the trustees and their librarian is
pretty much like that between the two tweedles, with a shade less of ..."
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