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pbmus

(12,422 posts) Sat May 12, 2018, 05:03 PM May 2018

The bobbsey twins...

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The bobbsey twins... (Original Post) pbmus May 2018 OP

Trips Achilleaze May 2018 #1

Ugh blugbox May 2018 #2

The literary reference is to the Bobbsey Twins. JHB May 2018 #3

Ya got me...your honor...thank you... pbmus May 2018 #4

Hey, they were part of the junior sleuth triumvirate... JHB May 2018 #5

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

1. Trips

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Sat May 12, 2018, 05:08 PM

May 2018

blugbox

(951 posts)

2. Ugh

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Sat May 12, 2018, 05:09 PM

May 2018

trump's goozle is very inappropriate

JHB

(37,160 posts)

3. The literary reference is to the Bobbsey Twins.

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Sat May 12, 2018, 05:10 PM

May 2018

Just curious, is the difference in spelling a deliberate play on something else, or had you only heard the phrase and not known where it came from?

pbmus

(12,422 posts)

4. Ya got me...your honor...thank you...

Reply to JHB (Reply #3)

Sat May 12, 2018, 05:16 PM

May 2018

Bobb·sey twins
ˈbäbzē ˌtwinz/Submit
nounhumorous
noun: Bobbsey twins; plural noun: Bobbsey twinses
a name for two people who are often seen together or who look and act alike.
Origin
From the characters in a long-running series of children's books (1904–1992), written under the pen name Laura Lee Hope.

JHB

(37,160 posts)

5. Hey, they were part of the junior sleuth triumvirate...

Reply to pbmus (Reply #4)

Sat May 12, 2018, 05:22 PM

May 2018

Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and the Bobbsey Twins.

If my sister had't been a fan, I wouldn't have known myself.

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