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weird sisters
weird sis·ters or Weird Sisters


plural noun 
Definition:
 
1. mythology 
Same as  Fates
2. witches in Macbeth: the three witches in Shakespeare's play Macbeth
[Weird in the meaning of "having the power to control fates"]
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