first-chop

adjective

First-rate, excellent.

Meanings

adjectivefirst-chop (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteslangFirst-rate, excellent.

    'First chop! tremendously pretty too,' said the elegant Grecian, who had been paying her assiduous attention.

    1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda
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