Meanings
murderers' row1
plural murderers' rows
- idiomatichobbiesA team with an exceptionally talented group of players, or that group of players.
- idiomaticAny ensemble which comprises exceptional individuals.
The cast was a murderers' row, with five Oscar winners in supporting roles.
1 more example
Reuniting with a murderers’ row of similarly wizened crime-movie veterans, Scorsese hasn’t just returned to reclaim the genre he nearly perfected. He’s come to bury it, too
2019 October 31, A. A. Dowd, “Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunite for one last gripping crime epic, The Irishman”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2020
Murderers' Row2
Origin
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murderers' row. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murderers'%20row
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