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Cye_sonofAphrodite t1_ixs24h4 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 9:54 PM

Reply to comment by aclumsypotato in A guy with no arms……. (Long) by Objective_Resolve833

A "dead ringer" is an exact (dead) duplicate (ringer). Comes from horse racing. The guy's identical twin is a dead ringer for him because he 1) Looks exactly the same, and 2) Died while ringing a bell in his brother's stead.