Catholic twins
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Catholic twins pl (normally plural, singular Catholic twin)
- (slang) Siblings born within twelve months of each other.
- Synonym: Irish twins
- 2008, Shelly Laurenston, The Mane Attraction, page 139:
- “Aunt Sissy!” a young voice screeched, then Sissy was besieged by five kids who looked barely a year apart. What his mom would call Catholic Twins.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Catholic, twin.