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of his ilk
Variant of ilk
adjective
Obsolete same; like
noun
kind; sort; class: only in , of the same sort or class: from a misunderstanding of the phrase of that ilk as used in Scotland to mean “of the same name (as the place he owns or from which he comes)” [MacDonald of that ilk (i.e., MacDonald of MacDonald)] and often used disparagingly
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