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tweedle-dee
tweedledum and tweedledee n. in the earliest example used in reference to two rival musicians (whence the figurative sense: see 2); tweedledee and tweedledum (also tweedle-dum), used to suggest the contrast or combination of the sounds of high- and low-pitched musical instruments; hence in quot. 1792 attributive = musical (obsolete); tweedle-dee, tweedle-dum, a high-, or a low-pitched instrument, or one who plays it; in quots. 1806, 1806, a fiddler (obsolete); tweedle-tweedle, the action or practice of tweedling; music, harmony (obsolete).extracted from tweedle-comb. formtweedle-dee
tweedle-dee v.
Brit. 
/ˌtwiːdlˈdiː/
, /ˌtwiːdlˈdiː/U.S. /ˌtwid(ə)lˈdi/
(intransitive) to play or sing in a high-pitched tone; also, to play idly; to tweedle./ˌtwid(ə)lˈdi/ΘΚΠ
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1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. vi. 53 While right-arms here grew weary with slaying, right-arms there were twiddledeeing on melodious catgut.
1873 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) I. 299 A sandy-haired German tenor tweedledeeing over the unspeakable woes of Sigurd!
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