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one and only

Idioms  

  1. One's only love; one's only sweetheart. For example, He swore she was his one and only, but the detective following him knew better. [c. 1900]

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One and only: Nick Greene interviews the figure skater who did the only legal backflip in Olympic competition.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2018

One and only one—for everything I have done.

From When We Dead Awaken by Archer, William

There was One, and only One, in the wide world who could save from impending death.

From Memories of Bethany by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

No one has ever sung of the Cross with such deep pathos and sublime tenderness: Faithful Cross! above all other, One and only noble tree!

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin

There is One, and only One, who is enough for me, poor and weak and lowly and fleeting as I am, and as my earthly life is.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander

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