‖ doppelganger, dopple-, -gänger
(ˈdɒpəlˌgæŋə(r), -ˈgɛŋə(r))
[See double-ganger.]
= double-ganger 1.
| 1851 M. A. Denham in Denham Tracts (1895) II. 79 Hell-hounds, dopple-gangers, boggleboes. 1879 C. L. Dodgson Euclid & Mod. Rivals i. ii, Are their Doppelgänger available? 1907 N. Munro Daft Days xxviii, Miss Macintosh is surely your doppelganger. 1940 M. Lowry Let. 7 May (1967) 30 It may well be that you will observe my little doppelgänger poltergeist soul hoisting a drink in a bar in them parts. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil's Aeneid x. 228 Not knowing that what so thrilled him was only a doppelgänger. |