one and only

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one and only (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Unique, one of a kind.
    Please welcome the one and only Bruce Springsteen!

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one and only (plural one and onlies)

  1. (idiomatic) Only love, sole sweetheart.
    Will you be my one and only?
  2. The most talented or famous person (within in a specific context)
    • 2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline[1]:
      Chesney Hawkes entertained the punters at half-time, and it was Wales' One and Only who was withdrawn ahead of the second-half as Brennan Johnson replaced Gareth Bale who had made just one successful pass in the first-half.

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