twin-bornadj.
Born a twin or twins; born at the same birth, as two, or one of two. Usually figurative.
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1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xiii. 122 Him, that misliked the fellowship of his owne twin-borne brother?
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 231 Let vs our Liues, our Soules,..our Sinnes, lay on the King:..O hard Condition, Twin-borne with Greatnesse. View more context for this quotation
1673 J. Milton Sonnets xii, in Poems (new ed.) 56 As when those Hinds..Raild at Latona's twin-born progenie.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxx. 199 Ingratitude..is twin-born with pride.
1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 634 Wisdom and Goodness are twin-born.
1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic (ed. 2) 103 Twin-born passions.
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