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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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ALTOGETHER, adv. = in all. Considered by some as a Scotticism.Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 132–133:
Of money and moveables I lost, altogether (in all), about fifty pounds.

[The N.E.D. gives as St.Eng. altogether = everything being included, and the Un.Eng. Dict. gives altogether as the meaning of in all.]

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