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crème de la crème

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Something superlative.
  • noun People of the highest social level.

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  • noun idiomatic, singular only Best of the best; something superlative. The very best.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French : crème, cream + de, of + la, the + crème, cream.]

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Borrowing from French crème de la crème (literally "cream of the cream").

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    December 16, 2008