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prime cuts

prime cuts is the plural of prime cut.

Meaning of prime cut

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
  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

Questions about prime cuts

What is prime cuts the plural of?
Prime cuts is the plural of prime cut.

Words near prime cuts in the dictionary

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

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