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a dying breed idiom a type of person or thing that is becoming rare: Authentic blues singers are a dying breed these days. Good second-hand bookshops are a dying breed. Well-qualified science reporters are a dying breed. She is one of a dying breed of comic ventriloquists. A true man of the people is a dying breed in British politics. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Categories and varieties bad/big boyidiom breed categoric categorical category classification derivative form hue mark model new breed polymorphism run shade sort stratification subcategory substance update |