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creme de la creme

"elite, finest flower of society," 1848, from French crème de la crème, literally "the cream of the cream" (see cream (n.)).

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creme de la creme

n. (context idiomatic English) (alternative spelling of crème de la crème English)

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Creme de la Creme (band)

Creme de la Creme was a German hip hop group from Cologne, Germany.

Crème de la crème

Crème de la crème (French, lit. 'cream of the cream') is an idiom meaning the "best of the best", "superlative","the very best"

It may also refer to:

  • Creme de la Creme (band), a defunct German band.
  • La Crème de la crème. a 2014 French film
  • Bake Off: Crème de la Crème, BBC television show

Usage examples of "creme de la creme".

Here were the creme de la creme, the chosen few who, like Coleridge's dreamer in the poem Foxx read at the ceremony, had entered the magic circle of eternal youth.

I cater to the creme de la creme of Chicago society, you understand.

Beatrice had been chomping at the bit to buy Mary Jane some clothes before she left town, and no doubt had been sending her the creme de la creme of once-worn hand-me-downs.

Her family was old Georgetown, creme de la creme, and she married big money.