单词 | top-shelfer |
释义 | top-shelfern. colloquial. Now chiefly North American. 1. A person who or thing which ranks in the highest category or bracket. Cf. top-shelf adj. 2a, topnotcher n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of optimate1574 gentle blood1575 patrician1631 grandlinga1637 (man, woman) of fashion1702 Brahmani1704 ruffled shirt1754 aristocrat1789 thoroughbred1817 Brahmin1823 big bug1826 ruffle shirt1830 ruffle-shirter1842 blue blood1850 aristo1864 upper1955 1880 Notes & Queries 17 Apr. 316/1 Tom Brown, the topmost of topshelfers, the wittiest of witsnappers, the most humoursome of humourists! 1899 Morning Post 28 Dec. 2/3 You ain't quite the top-shelfer you think you is. 1994 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 9 Feb. It's not over-oaked, yet it's very much a modern Aussie top-shelfer. 2005 JazzTimes Apr. 90/2 Rob Levit spent time in New York playing with top-shelfers like Chris Cheek and Stephan Crump. 2. Ice Hockey. A shot struck into the highest part of the net just below the crossbar. ΚΠ 1990 Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire) 14 Feb. 15/4 It became 5-2 as Mike Schnyer ripped a top-shelfer past Russell from the slot. 2018 @The_Show_Hockey 27 June in twitter.com (accessed 31 Jan. 2022) Team Minny goes up 3-0 over Team USA on a Jack Stanius top-shelfer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.1880 |
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