Double
Pass for
Pass for verb - To present a false appearance of.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Double Subverted by the case of Jacquel and Ibis, two ancient Egyptians who used to be able to pass for either white or black...until the Civil War, whereafter they were always seen as black.
Source: Literature / American Gods -
Samurai Deeper Kyo has Yukimura, a handsome bishonen who is sufficiently androgynous that he can easily pass for a woman in the right clothes, and has a FEMALE ninja as his body double.
Source: Dude Looks Like a Lady -
Kasuga's son was the body-double at the fealty ceremony, while Chie was dressed as a boy to pass for Iemitsu's catamite, so she could enter and leave the shogun's chambers without arousing suspicion.
Source: Manga / Ooku
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