Meanings
- idiomaticThe best or most preferred person or item within a group.
Then there is Lucy; she is the best of the bunch, which is not saying much.
1900, Fergus Hume, “‘Enter Mrs Pansey as Chorus’”, in Bishop Pendle: Or, The Bishop’s Secret, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Rand, McNally & Company, →OCLC, page 52 more examples
I once heard father say that, with all his faults, he was the best of the bunch.
1853, T. S. Arthur, chapter 11, in The Iron RuleHe proved the best of the bunch. He deserved better than being frozen like a Popsicle under that glacier.
2005, Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos, Lost City, Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 514Synonyms: pick of the litter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe best or most preferred person or item within a group.
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