| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The superlative or most preferable part of something: best, choice, cream, crème de la crème, flower, pick, prize1, top. Idioms: cream of the crop, flower of the flock, pick of the bunch (or crop) . See BETTER. 2. People of the highest social level: aristocracy, blue blood, crème de la crème, flower, gentility, gentry, nobility, patriciate, quality, society, upper class, who's who. Informal : upper crust. See OVER. | | ADJECTIVE: | Of high birth or social position: aristocratic, blue-blooded, highborn, highbred, noble, patrician, thoroughbred, upper-class, wellborn. Informal : upper-crust. See OVER.
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