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first-chop

first-chop adjective: first-rate, excellent.

Adjective

first-chop (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, slang) First-rate, excellent.
    • 'First chop! tremendously pretty too,' said the elegant Grecian, who had been paying her assiduous attention.1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda

Questions about first-chop

What does first-chop mean?
First-chop means first-rate, excellent.
What part of speech is first-chop?
First-chop is an adjective.

Words near first-chop in the dictionary

  1. first-angle projections
  2. first-best
  3. first-born
  4. first-chance exception
  5. first-chance exceptions
  6. first-chop
  7. first-class
  8. first-class citizen
  9. first-class citizens
  10. first-class continuation
  11. first-class continuations

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