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of a piece

prepositional phrase

Of the same kind.

“Near-synonyms: all one, all the same, cut from the same cloth, of the same stripe, monolithic”

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of a kind of a blood of a feather all one all the same cut from the same cloth of the same stripe monolithic

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Meanings

prepositional phrase

idiomaticOf the same kind.
Near-synonyms: all one, all the same, cut from the same cloth, of the same stripe, monolithic
2 more examples
Strange as this expectation appears to us, it is quite of a piece with early modes of thought.
1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough
Further along, the road passes a low E-shape of red-brick estate buildings, obviously modern, yet all of a piece with this sensible, attractive and businesslike village.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 375, about Terling
Synonyms: of a kind, of a blood, of a feather, all one, all the same, cut from the same cloth, of the same stripe, monolithic
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of, a, piece.

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseOf the same kind.

Similar

of a kind of a blood of a feather all one all the same cut from the same cloth of the same stripe monolithic

Also see

all one homogeneous of a blood of a feather of a kind of the same stripe uniform

Origin

From an obsolete sense of a (“the same”).

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Translations

German aus einem Guss, einheitlich

aus einem Gussof the same kind
einheitlichof the same kind

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APA

of a piece. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/of%20a%20piece

MLA

“of a piece.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/of%20a%20piece. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “of a piece,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/of%20a%20piece.

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