Irish twins
informal (originally US )
noun
Siblings born less than a year apart; also occasionally in singular.
- With allusion to the belief that Irish Catholic families have several children in quick succession..
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Dictionary of American Regional English.
- non-theism
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- non-theorem
- non-theoretical
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- non-transmission
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- non-truth
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- non-uniform
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