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of that ilk

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of,‎ that,‎ ilk.

(Scotland) Having a name that is the same as the place where one lives.
Johnstone of that ilk = Johnstone from Johnstone

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I would rather have stayed in the theater and done comedy. Comedy in film (was) so narrow for women. I was much happier doing very black comedy onstage, and I could never find anything of that ilk on film. The closest to what I might have accomplished was `Working Girl.' Sigourney Weaver

AdderXYU compliments, "It's really quite nicely done, and always refreshing to see something of that ilk take the prize." Source: Internet

As a teenager, Juanes and his guitar playing drifted toward heavy metal, influenced greatly by and other bands of that ilk. Source: Internet

MacCallum: What about the concern that a Khalid Sheikh Muhammad or anybody of that ilk might be tried here in a US court and the possibility that some of the treatments that were used on them that they could go free. Source: Internet

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