duplicate
/ˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/ noun B2- One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy. · This is a duplicate, but a very good replica.
- An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original
- A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.
- The game of duplicate bridge.
- The game of duplicate Scrabble.
- A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species.
Plural duplicates
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“Then West, if he is the culprit, must have had a duplicate.
Some little time ago he purchased from Morse Hudson two duplicate plaster casts of the famous head of Napoleon by the French sculptor, Devine.
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