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—used to indicate that someone or something is a particular type of person or thing her idiot of a husbandIt is not that much of a problem.It wasn't that difficult of a shot.How big of a piece do you want?

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“Of a.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20a. Accessed 28 Oct. 2021.

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