first-class in English

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      "expansion": "first-class (not comparable)",
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          "text": "1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries\nAt the resumed inquiry the story of Poleash's death was taken forward, and the newspaper reader for the first time was encouraged to see in it the promise of a first-class popular sensation."
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  "word": "first-class"
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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "first-class (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries\nAt the resumed inquiry the story of Poleash's death was taken forward, and the newspaper reader for the first time was encouraged to see in it the promise of a first-class popular sensation."
        }
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"first-class" meaning in English

Adjective