of a piece

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

(idiomatic) Of the same kind.
- 1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough‎:
  Strange as this expectation appears to us, it is quite of a piece with early modes of thought.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of,‎ a,‎ piece.

Synonyms

(of the same kind): of a blood, of a feather, of a kind

Derived terms

of a piece with

Translations

of the same kind

German: aus einem Guss, einheitlich (de)

See also

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