Browse phrases beginning with: [A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U,V][W][X,Y,Z] Share and share alikeMeaning Give equal shares to all. Origin The expression was first known as 'share and share like', as in this example from Richard Edwards's comedy Damon and Pithias, 1566:
Daniel De Foe, appears to be the first to have used the 'share and share alike' version. That was is Robinson Crusoe, or as he called it The life and strange adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 1719:
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