"bang-up" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more bang-up [comparative], most bang-up [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} bang-up (comparative more bang-up, superlative most bang-up)
  1. (colloquial) Especially good; wonderful; superb. Tags: colloquial Synonyms (especially good): awesome, impressive, outstanding, smashing
    Sense id: en-bang-up-en-adj-aD0TRHII Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1988, Janice Holt Giles, The Enduring Hills",
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          "ref": "1995 October 14, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic)",
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