top drawer

adjective

Of the highest quality.

Meanings

adjectivetop drawer (not comparable)

alternative top-drawer

  1. idiomaticnot comparableOf the highest quality.

    "How do I look," she said. "How's my ass look? My ass okay?"

    "Top drawer," I said.

    2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam,, →ISBN, page 211

    Synonyms: excellent, first-class, first-rate, top-hole, top-notch

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf the highest quality.

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