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unique

/juːˈniːk/ noun C2
  1. A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled; one of a kind.

Plural uniques

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Unique, perfectly unique, and yet why not?
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 14 · B2
But this is splendid, really unique from some points of view.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 29 · C1
“An admirable and unique weapon,” said he, “noiseless and of tremendous power: I knew Von Herder, the blind German mechanic, who constructed it to the order of the late Professor Moriarty.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 26 · C1
Meanwhile I pass on to the second on my list, which promised also at one time to be of national importance, and was marked by several incidents which give it a quite unique character.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 55 · B2

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