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prime cut

UK/ˈpɹaɪm kʌt/

prime cut noun: a top-quality serving of meat.

prime cut: a top-quality serving of meat
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Noun

prime cut (plural prime cuts)

  1. A top-quality serving of meat.
    • Does he follow his nature, and go into the prime cut like a man; or does he put it away from him and follow the ways of the old prophet out in the desert of Arabia, and content himself with a dinner upon air with a drink of water to wash it down?1884, George T. Lowth, The Immortal Schoolmaster, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 34
    • My husband brings his work home. Had he been a butcher, it might have been a prime cut of steak; a mason, a block of limestone. […] But my husband is an oncologist, so he brings home the dead and dying.2009, Sayantani DasGupta, “The Doctor’s Wife”, in Mark D. Tyler-Lloyd, editor, The Real Life of an Internist (Kaplan Voices: Doctors), New York, N.Y.: Kaplan Publishing, →ISBN
  2. (broadly) Something that represents the best quality in its class.
    • I got no idea who he thinks is listening to us, but I register that this is prime cut information.2004, Sidney Offit, “No Time for Senior’s”, in Tim McLoughlin, editor, Brooklyn Noir, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: Akashic Books, →ISBN
    • He graduated magna cum laude from ASU in three years, then promptly earned his MBA from the Wharton School. Corporate recruiters saw him as prime cut.2011, John Lutz, chapter 39, in Fear the Night, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, →ISBN

Examples of prime cut in a sentence

  • Not sure these old bones of mine are up to slaying any dragons, but if it's a prime cut of meat you want, I'm your guy.2013, Gail Oust, chapter 5, in Rosemary and Crime: A Spice Shop Mystery, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books; Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN:
  • The new kid was covered in mud, the thin drizzle doing nothing to clean him off, but it was clear he was a prime cut.2013, John Haggerty, “The Meat Forest”, in John [Gregory] Betancourt et al., editors, The Haunts & Horrors Megapack, [Rockville, Md.]...

Forms of prime cut

pluralprime cuts

Words that rhyme with prime cut

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Questions about prime cut

What does prime cut mean?
Prime cut means a top-quality serving of meat.
How do you use prime cut in a sentence?
Not sure these old bones of mine are up to slaying any dragons, but if it's a prime cut of meat you want, I'm your guy.
What part of speech is prime cut?
Prime cut is a noun.
How do you pronounce prime cut?
Prime cut is pronounced /ˈpɹaɪm kʌt/ (UK).
What is the plural of prime cut?
The plural of prime cut is prime cuts.

Words near prime cut in the dictionary

  1. prime contract
  2. prime contractor
  3. prime contractors
  4. prime contracts
  5. prime cost
  6. prime cut
  7. prime cuts
  8. prime decomposition
  9. prime decompositions
  10. prime directive
  11. prime directives

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