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Part and parcel

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See under Part.
an essential or constituent portion; - a reduplicative phrase. Cf. might and main, kith and kin, etc.

See also: Parcel Part


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A look in the eyes of a shipmate, a low murmur in the most sheltered spot where the watch on duty are huddled together, a meaning moan from one to the other with a glance at the windward sky, a sigh of weariness, a gesture of disgust passing into the keeping of the great wind, become part and parcel of the gale.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
The street, the children, the fruit vender, the flowers growing there under her eyes, were all part and parcel of an alien world which had suddenly become antagonistic.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
His skin was scarred and wrinkled and mottled, and in colour was a purplish blue surfaced with a grey coating that might have been painted there had it not indubitably grown there and been part and parcel of him.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
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