spit and image

English

Noun

spit and image (uncountable)

1. Archaic form of spitting image.
   • 1923, J. S. Fletcher, The Markenmore Mystery, Chapter 21:

     "Well!" he exclaimed. "If 'tain't, 'tis the very spit and image of that there what I sees her handle! But they things be pretty much of a muchness, I reckon, master."