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all one

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See also: allone, alloñe, and alloñé

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Noun

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all one (uncountable)

  1. A matter of indifference; a matter having no importance or consequence.
    • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
      But what care I? I care not an she were a black-a-moor; 'tis all one to me.
    • 1843, Charles Dickens, chapter 3, in Martin Chuzzlewit:
      Near or distant, blood or water, it's all one.
    • 1917, Joseph Conrad, The Tale:
      And sometimes he had some preliminary information to help him, and sometimes he had not. And it was all one, really. It was about as useful as information trying to convey the locality and intentions of a cloud.

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References

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  • all one”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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