"of a piece" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-of a piece.ogg
Etymology: From an obsolete sense of a (“the same”). Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} of a piece
  1. (idiomatic) Of the same kind. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (of the same kind): of a blood, of a feather, of a kind Translations (of the same kind): aus einem Guss (German), einheitlich (German)
    Sense id: en-of_a_piece-en-prep_phrase-SV7s1SvM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English non-constituents, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English non-constituents: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'of the same kind': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'of the same kind': 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of, a, piece. Derived forms: of a piece with Related terms: all one, monolithic
    Sense id: en-of_a_piece-en-prep_phrase-0G00qBvX
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          "ref": "1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough:",
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          "sense": "of the same kind",
          "word": "aus einem Guss"
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      "word": "of a blood"
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      "sense": "of the same kind",
      "word": "of a feather"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of the same kind",
      "word": "of a kind"
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      "sense": "of the same kind",
      "word": "aus einem Guss"
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      "sense": "of the same kind",
      "word": "einheitlich"
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  ],
  "word": "of a piece"
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