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top drawer

top drawer adjective: of the highest quality.

Adjective

top drawer (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Of the highest quality.
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Forms of top drawer

alternative formtop-drawer

Questions about top drawer

What does top drawer mean?
Top drawer means of the highest quality.
What part of speech is top drawer?
Top drawer is an adjective.

Words near top drawer in the dictionary

  1. top decks
  2. top dog
  3. top dogs
  4. top dollar
  5. top dollars
  6. top drawer
  7. top drive
  8. top drives
  9. top drop
  10. top edge
  11. top edged

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