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doppelgänger

(German ‘double-goer’) apparition of a living person, a person's double, or a guardian spirit. The German composer and writer E T A Hoffman wrote a short story called ‘Die Doppelgänger’ in 1821. English novelist Charles Williams (1886–1945) used the idea to great effect in his novel Descent into Hell (1937).



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[NY Times]A pair of townhouse doppelgängers on the market give home buyers a real chance for comparison.
The (Big) Round-Up: Monday by Lysandra Ohrstrom / The New York Observer
Save for the jumbled lettering on the gold buttons and the grainier feel of the nylon, they are virtual doppelgängers.
Battle of the Bags by Meredith Bryan / The New York Observer
Not biological siblings, but otherwise highly recognizable faces from the runway ranks, stripped of their identities and made up to look like eerie doppelgängers instead.
Twin Spotting by Nicholas Boston / The New York Observer
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