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Twins en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of Twin
   form of Twin
   • Two Twins won a Gold Glove Award last year.

Twins en · PROPN

Meanings

1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Gemini.
   • In the twins, the first holds an arrow, the second a palm-branch. 1862, [Frances Rolleston], Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations, London: Rivingtons, page 55:
   • Strange, too, how the old pagan names for the constellations—the Ram, the Bull, the Twins (Castor and Pollux), the Crab, the Lion, the Virgin, the Scales, the Scorpion, the Archer, the Horned Goat, the Water-carrier, and the Fishes, have persisted all these thousands of years in spite of attempts made by philosophers of the Christian and other faiths to give them more prosaic or more religious names. 1926 November 21, “How old is the zodiac?”, in The Woodend Star, Victoria, page 4, column 6:
   • For they are so easy to recall if you do it in associated pairs—like the Maid and the Twins, the Bull and the Rain, the Fishes and the Scales. 1947 November 14, Mountain District Free Press and Frentree Gully News, Tecoma, Vic., page 8, column 2:
   • (The Constellation of the Twins was thought peculiarly lucky.) Perhaps after a time it was discovered that twins sometimes run in families, and in such cases really do bring fertility with them. 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 87:
   • Geminy, or the Twins, rule the ſhoulders, arms, and hands, & theſe three are ſigns of yᵉ ſpring. 1668, ‘Godfridus’, The Knowledge of Things Unknown, London: G.P. for G. Sawbridge, page 19:
   • The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that carries the Water-pot, And Fish with glittering scales. 1893, E. W. Bullinger, Witness of the Stars, London: The author, page 16:
2. The Minnesota Twins team.

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Synonyms

Heavenly Twins