SPITTING IMAGE


Meaning of SPITTING IMAGE in English

Informal.

See spit 1 (def. 13).

[ 1925-30; from the phrase spit and image (see SPIT 1 ) by confusion of spit and with spittin'; cf. earlier the very spit of the exact likeness of ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .