First-class; excellent.
[From classification for ships in The Lloyd's Register of Shipping.]
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A-one A-1 (ā'wŭn') |
First-class; excellent.
[From classification for ships in The Lloyd's Register of Shipping.]
| Thesaurus: A-one |
adjective
| Idioms: A-one |
Also,
A-1; ;
A-number-one. First-class, of the best quality, as in This is an A-one steak. The term comes from Lloyd's, the British insurance company, which in its 1775 shipping register designated the condition of a ship's hull by a letter grade (A, B, etc.) and of its cables, anchor, and other equipment by a number grade (1, 2, etc.). By the
early 1800s A-1, the best possible grade, was being transferred to anything of superior quality.
| WordNet: A-one |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(informal) of the highest quality
Synonyms: ace, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, tops
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