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stuff dreams are made of

stuff dreams are made of noun: something rare and wonderful.

Noun

stuff dreams are made of

  1. Something rare and wonderful.
    • to be the stuff dreams are made of
    • They ought to find out that alcohol is merely the result of a natural process; that it isn't nectar, but has a very bad taste; that it isn't the stuff that dreams are made of, but the stuff drunks are made of.1913 September 2, “Favors Tea in Place of Whiskey”, in The American Issue, volume 8, number 35, page 7

Examples of stuff dreams are made of in a sentence

  • At best, it's the stuff dreams are made of.2003, Barbara Haynie, The Terrain of Paradise, page 183:
  • Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade detective character poignantly observed that the Maltese falcon was "the stuff dreams are made of.”2013, Harvey Rachlin, Jumbo's Hide, Elvis's Ride, and the Tooth of Buddha:

Questions about stuff dreams are made of

What does stuff dreams are made of mean?
Stuff dreams are made of means something rare and wonderful.
How do you use stuff dreams are made of in a sentence?
At best, it's the stuff dreams are made of.
What part of speech is stuff dreams are made of?
Stuff dreams are made of is a noun.

Words near stuff dreams are made of in the dictionary

  1. stufa
  2. stufae
  3. stuff
  4. stuff a sock in it
  5. stuff and nonsense
  6. stuff dreams are made of
  7. stuff gown
  8. stuff gowns
  9. stuff gownsman
  10. stuff gownsmen
  11. stuff it

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