SAME
ADJECTIVES
– ALIKE-MINDED having the same mind or purpose …1581 rare
– ALL OF A KIDNEY much alike, of the same kind …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ALL OF A MAKE of the same character throughout …1674 obs.
– IDENTIFIC doing the same; concurring in action …1678 obs. rare
– MACKLY similar, of the same make or kind; exactly alike; fitting nicely …1896 Eng. dial.
– OF A WHATNESS of the same size, importance, value, etc. …1864 Amer. dial.
– OF THE SAME LEAVEN of the same sort or character …1650
– OF THE SAME QUILL of the same sort; alike …1927 Amer. dial.
– SAMEN same …1815 Sc.
– SAME SAME the same …1956 US Korean & Vietnam war usage
– SAMEY-SAME the same …1956 US Korean & Vietnam war usage
– VIVUAL identical, self-same …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
– TAUTOOUSIOUS being absolutely the same …1846
PHRASES
– SAME DIFF exactly the same thing, no difference at all …1940s sl.
– SAME DIFFERENCE exactly the same thing, no difference at all …1940s sl.
– SAME OLD BAT, THE the same old way, as usual …1881 Eng. dial.
– SAME OLD SAME OLD implies that nothing has changed in one’s life; used in response as to one’s current health or feelings …1972 sl., orig. African-American
– SAME OLD SEVEN AND SIX,THE much as usual, the same as always, the same old routine …1863 Amer. dial.
– SAME OLD SEVENTY-SIX, THE much as usual, the same as always, the same old routine …1981 Amer. dial.
– SAME OLD SIX AND SEVEN,THE much as usual, the same as always, the same old routine …1915 Amer. dial.
– SAME OLD SIXES AND SEVENS,THE much as usual, the same as always, the same old routine …1963 Amer. dial.
– SAME OL’ SAME OL’ implies that nothing has changed in one’s life; used in response as to one’s current health or feelings …1970s sl., orig. African-American
– SAME-O SAME-O implies that nothing has changed in one’s life; used in response as to one’s current health or feelings ..1972 sl., orig. African-American
VERBS
1523 ► SERVE WITH THE SAME SAUCE to subject to the same kind of usage
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