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one and all



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Everyone, as in She's told one and all about their quarrel . [c. 1375]

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Example Sentences

She could find the vessel; the One-and-All was moored—or had been moored last night—at the buoy under the hill, ready for sea.

The next moment he had reached out a hand, caught hold of the One-and-All's forestay, and swung himself out into the darkness.

She did not fall far, the One-and-All being loaded to within a foot or two of the hatches.

But he'd picked us out among the shipping as he was towed up last night in the One-and-All to anchor in the Pool.

To their credit, the men pulled back for the spot where the One-and-All had gone down.

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