one and only
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Adjective
[edit]one and only (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Unique, one of a kind.
- Please welcome the one and only Bruce Springsteen!
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[edit]Noun
[edit]one and only (plural one and onlies)
- (idiomatic) Only love, sole sweetheart.
- Will you be my one and only?
- 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- Chesney Hawkes entertained the punters at half-time, and it was Wales' One and Only who was withdrawn ahead of the second-half as Brennan Johnson replaced Gareth Bale who had made just one successful pass in the first-half.