one and only

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]

Example Sentences

Desperate for money, she signed a contract attesting that she was “the one and only Tokyo Rose.”

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“The truth is always best,” she concluded as she quickly assembled clean clothes for the children and brushed the dust off her one and only hat.

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This week, England will play their one and only warm-up match before the upcoming series, a three-dayer against England Lions in Perth.

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Are you prepared for your wife to be your one and only friend when you get there?

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That means Daryl Clark, who started scored England's one and only try late on, could miss out altogether.

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