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spitting image

n.

A perfect likeness or counterpart.

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[Probably from alteration of spitten, dialectal past participle of spit, the close resemblance of one person to another being likened in folk sayings to the former person having been spat out of the latter's mouth; see spit¹.]

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spitting image

n

Informal a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative Also called spit spit and image

[modification of spit and image, from spit¹ (as in the phrase the very spit of, the exact likeness of (someone))]

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Noun

1.

spitting image - a perfect likeness or counterpart alikeness, likeness, similitude - similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"

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spitting image

noun double, lookalike, (dead) ringer (slang), picture, spit (informal, chiefly Brit.), clone, replica, likeness, living image, spit and image (informal) Nina looks the spitting image of Sissy Spacek.