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entire

/ɪnˈtaɪɚ/ noun C2
  1. An uncastrated horse; a stallion. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery. (countable, uncountable)

Plural entires

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One of the two men, whose mysterious meeting in the Colosseum he had so unintentionally witnessed, was an entire stranger to him, but not so the other; and though Franz had been unable to distinguish his features, from his being either wrapped in his mantle or obscured by the shadow, the tones of his voice had made too powerful an impression on him the first time he had heard them for him ever again to forget them, hear them when or where he might.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 361 · C1
And the more he thought, the more entire was his conviction, that the person who wore the mantle was no other than his former host and entertainer, “Sinbad the Sailor.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 361 · C1
The apartment destined for the purpose was spacious and lighted by a number of windows, over each of which was written in golden letters for some inexplicable reason the name of one of the principal cities of France; beneath these windows a wooden balcony extended the entire length of the house.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 21 · C1
One morning Gilbert had all his sums done correctly and had his name written on the blackboard on the roll of honor; the next morning Anne, having wrestled wildly with decimals the entire evening before, would be first.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 130 · C1

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