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first rate
a. (context idiomatic English) superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality
Usage examples of "first rate".
But I could not see how this could be done in their country, where the smallest wherry was equal to a first rate man-of-war among us, and such a boat as I could manage would never live in any of their rivers: her Majesty said, if I would contrive a boat, her own joiner should make it, and she would provide a place for me to sail in.
His natural parts were not of the first rate, but he had greatly improved them by a learned education.
But, tell ye what, stranger, they do fix up a sick fellow first rate,—.