| 单词 | hostess with the mostest |
| 释义 | > as lemmashostess with the mostest 2. Originally U.S. The best or finest example. hostess with the mostest: a hostess performing her role particularly or uniquely well. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best thing or person highesteOE bestOE greatest?c1225 pridec1330 crestc1400 primrosea1450 outrepass1477 A per sea1500 primrose peerless1523 prisec1540 prime1579 surquidry1607 excellency1611 nonsuchc1613 crown jewel1646 top1665 patriarch1700 pièce de résistance1793 number one1825 business1868 resistance piece1870 star1882 mostest1889 koh-i-noor1892 best-ever1905 flagship1933 the end1950 endsville1957 Big Mac1969 mack daddy1993 1889 Cent. Mag. Oct. 960/1 Lookin' like a reg'lar queen—Th' mostest like I ever seen. 1909 M. Diver Candles in Wind xxxv. 360 ‘I'm her friend, Paul—just as much as you are...’ ‘No, I'm the mostest. She said so.’ 1935 Word Study Oct. 2/2 One of their favorite games was called ‘The Ten Mostest’. Each player would choose 30 words: 10 that he or she considered the most beautiful words, 10 funniest words, and 10 most descriptive words. 1950 I. Berlin (title of song) Hostess with the mostes' on the ball. 1958 Daily Herald 25 Mar. 5/7 Here's the hostess with the mostest... Her guests all agreed Sophia was pretty good..well, pretty, anyway. 1973 A. Hunter Gently French vii. 64 I reckon you admire the mostest in anything. 1991 J. O'Connor Cowboys & Indians (1992) 225 They want to put ‘Whose Dog’ on a flexi-disc they're giving out free with the Christmas edition... Ain't that the mostest? 1993 Independent 15 Jan. 14/6 She also made herself the Washington hostess with the mostest. < as lemmas |
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