"Catholic twins" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Catholic twins.ogg [Australia] Forms: Catholic twin [singular]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|head=Catholic twins|sg=Catholic twin}} Catholic twins pl (normally plural, singular Catholic twin)
  1. (slang) Siblings born within twelve months of each other. Tags: plural, plural-normally, slang Synonyms: Irish twins
    Sense id: en-Catholic_twins-en-noun-z7Fzq74U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 88 12
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Catholic, twin. Tags: plural, plural-normally Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-Catholic_twins-en-noun-z3FFxYd3 Disambiguation of Family: 16 84

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