"top-hole" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more top-hole [comparative], most top-hole [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} top-hole (comparative more top-hole, superlative most top-hole)
  1. (chiefly UK, informal) Of very high quality, tip-top. Tags: UK, informal Synonyms: first rate, superb, top drawer, top-notch, topping, top hole
    Sense id: en-top-hole-en-adj-VJZgz-g~ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1916, Kathleen Norris, chapter 1, in The Heart of Rachael:",
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        {
          "ref": "1927, chapter 6, in Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter, transl., The Magic Mountain, translation of Der Zauberberg by Thomas Mann, page 528:",
          "text": "He was top-hole in his line, he would soon put it right.",
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          "ref": "1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 4:",
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      "word": "first rate"
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