Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is first-rate.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one who is first-rate
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Examples
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He had deemed the TRANSCONTINENTAL a first-rater, and it paid a cent for ten words.
Chapter 26 2010
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From Songs of the Sea, Hugill note: Hugill dates this as early 18th century, based on Hal's wardrobe and the use of the obsolete term "first-rater" Cawsand Bay was a popular rendezvous for the British Navy.
Cawsand Bay 1996
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An 'they have a house, greater than e'er a first-rater
Cawsand Bay 1996
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"Oh, you can speak it well enough," replied Ned, as our friend said this in "Pijin English," implying that although he could manage a little of our language he was not a first-rater at it.
Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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"That's what's said of every first-rater till he gets his chance."
Out of the Primitive Robert Ames Bennet 1912
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He had deemed the TRANSCONTINENTAL a first-rater, and it paid a cent for ten words.
Chapter 26 1908
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But maybe in this other game I could git to be a first-rater.
The Wrong Twin Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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In the Army my vanity leads me to believe I was a first-rater.
The Mountebank William John Locke 1896
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But he's a first-rater, an 'I, for one, will be sorry to lose him.
The Wheel O' Fortune Louis Tracy 1895
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"He'd make a first-rater if he was taught," said Dan, unable to withhold the praise from the boy who made it necessary for him to do his best.
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