Look-alike

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of lookalike. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling closely wordnet

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"One day, Mendel put on some of his parents’ old clothes. All the adults who saw him said he looked like a small version of the film actor Charlie Chaplin. So, at the age of five years, he entered — and won — a local Chaplin look-alike competition."

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