nothing but
advEtymology From Middle English nothyng but, from Old English nan þing butan
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Only.
- Near-synonyms: nothing less than; nothing if not (in some usages)
- Do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
3 more examples
- a right in nothing but name
- In an attempt to lose weight and improve his relationship with food, Andrew Taylor has decided to eat nothing but potatoes for a year.2016 February 18, Jennie Jackson, “What would happen if you only ate potatoes?”, in The Independent:
- "It's because they're hos," she told Owens. "If you don't run out of the room and go, 'Excuse me, you don't do that to me,' and leave, but you stayed around because you're like, 'Well, I thought maybe he was going to give me a writing job,' well, you aren't nothing but a ho."2019 March 3, Lena Grossman, quoting Roseanne Barr, “Roseanne Barr Goes After #MeToo Movement in Scathing Interview: "They're Nothing But Hos"”, in E! Online:
- Derived terms
- nothing but net, nothing-buttery