the likes of

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the likes of - a similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here"

like, the like

kind, sort, form, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

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As for Sir Pathrick O'Grandison, Barronitt, it wasn't for the likes of his riverence to be afther the minding of a thrifle of a mistake.

Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

We can't afford to lose whales by the likes of you; a whale would sell for thirty times what you would, Pip, in Alabama.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

The National Gallery was good enough for the likes of him.

Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context

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