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top drawer
noun
- the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance:
a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
top drawer
noun
- people of the highest standing, esp socially (esp in the phrase out of the top drawer )
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of top drawer1
Idioms and Phrases
Of the highest quality, importance, or rank, as in The musicians in this pick-up orchestra were top drawer . It probably alludes to the uppermost drawer in a bureau or chest, where the most valuable objects (such as jewelry) are usually kept. [c. 1900]Example Sentences
On paper, the talent is top drawer.
Lamont went in the top drawer above us, in with Camilla’s gloves and garters.
Bearman is one of those guys that has looked top drawer for quite a while.
If you work out in the morning, put exercise clothes in the top drawer of your dresser or on the rod closest to your closet door.
“I'm putting the hoodoo-hot sauce in the top drawer. You know the food here isn't going to have the taste from home.â€
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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