masterbit

plural masterbits

1. dialectalhumorousMasterpiece.

   But that there job with that French Count was my masterbit.

   1875, Alden's Oxford Magazine, volumes 6-7, page 105

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   The young man at once gave his address, and then his name, whereupon the stranger grasped his hand, and said, “That's the masterbit; I used to live next door to yer father, and I ha' nussed you many a time when you wor a nipper.”

   1893, Broad Norfolk, page 28

   These Lisley ricks are, as we say in Oxon, a “masterbit” and as much superior to the average rick as a poem to a set of newspaper verses.

   1949, Harold John Massingham, Chiltern Country

   And that title song, an impishly dashing waltz for four tenors, remains one of Styne's least appreciated masterbits, truly imaginative writing from this supposed pop tunesmith.

   2015, Ethan Mordden, Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s, page 45

   'See you tomorrow then, Best and Only,' said Opal. 'I'm off to paint a masterbit!' 'Masterpiece, you mean!' squealed Lauren and Lisa in unison, as they whisked Opal away.

   2015, Maudie Smith, Opal Moonbaby and the Out of this World Adventure: Book 2

   Henley & Whibley's Prose was designed in three vols, would have included all manner of masterbits, in character & narrative, between John of Trevisa2 & Charles Dickens; […]

   2016, first published 2000, Damian Atkinson, The Selected Letters of W.E. Henley