"of a kind" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-of a kind.ogg
  1. (idiomatic) Of the same type or character. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: of a piece, of a blood, of a feather, all one, all the same, cut from the same cloth, of the same stripe, monolithic Derived forms: five of a kind, four of a kind, one of a kind, three of a kind, two of a kind Translations (of the same type): samanlainen (Finnish), samankaltainen (Finnish)
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        },
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        },
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          "word": "three of a kind"
        },
        {
          "word": "two of a kind"
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        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: all one, all the same, cut from the same cloth, of the same stripe, monolithic"
        },
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              22,
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          ],
          "text": "All floor traders are of a kind, and most burn out by their late thirties.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Of the same type or character."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Of the same type or character."
      ],
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          "word": "of a piece"
        },
        {
          "word": "of a blood"
        },
        {
          "word": "of a feather"
        },
        {
          "word": "all one"
        },
        {
          "word": "all the same"
        },
        {
          "word": "cut from the same cloth"
        },
        {
          "word": "of the same stripe"
        },
        {
          "word": "monolithic"
        }
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          "sense": "of the same type",
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        },
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  "word": "of a kind"
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    },
    {
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    {
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    },
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        "Of the same type or character."
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        "(idiomatic) Of the same type or character."
      ],
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          "word": "of a piece"
        },
        {
          "word": "of a blood"
        },
        {
          "word": "of a feather"
        },
        {
          "word": "all one"
        },
        {
          "word": "all the same"
        },
        {
          "word": "cut from the same cloth"
        },
        {
          "word": "of the same stripe"
        },
        {
          "word": "monolithic"
        }
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "of the same type",
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    },
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}

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