spit and image

English

Noun

spit and image (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of spitting image.
    • 1923, J. S. Fletcher, The Markenmore Mystery, Chapter 21:
      "Well!" he exclaimed. "If 'tain't, 'tis the very spit and image of that there what I sees her handle! But they things be pretty much of a muchness, I reckon, master."
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