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Meaning: (idiomatic)Of the samekind; having the sameopinionorviewpoint.Near-synonyms:cut from the same cloth;of a kind,of a piece,of a blood,of a feather;all one,all the same;monolithic1865November 23, “The Tribune's Candidates for Mayor and Corporation Counsel”, inNew York Times, retrieved23 February 2013:[T]he Tribune . . . may not mislead Union electors by imputing Republicanism to Mr. HECKER. The Tribune takes Mr. O'GORMAN with his secession record—Mr. HECKER isof the same stripe.1920,Sherwood Anderson, chapter 8, inPoor White:"Well, it is the same thing over again," he thought bitterly, "like mother, like daughter—they are bothof the same stripe."1922,Irving Bacheller, chapter 8, inIn the Days of Poor Richard:I had no gods to bother me, and my friends wereof the same stripe.1992March 1, "Viewpoint: A year later" (editorial),Observer-Reporter(Washington, Pennsylvania), p. B4(retrieved 23 Feb 2013):Once having overthrown Saddam, we would have faced two choices: accepting another dictatorof the same stripe. . . or getting bogged down trying to administer the place ourselves.2009August 10, Joseph L. Galloway, “What the US needs is an outburst of common sense”, inJuneauEmpire.com, retrieved23 February 2013:It is good old unregulated American greedof the same stripethat drove this country into its current economic meltdown.
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