top-drawer
Example Sentences
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The writing is top drawer, and the text is experimental to profitable effect, which I’m afraid is rather rare.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2020
In the top drawer, he stores a stack of outstanding medical bills related to years of heart trouble.
From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 2020
The 44-year-old English teacher keeps a tube of Cucumber Melon body cream in the top drawer of his desk, tucked between Sharpies and masking tape.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2020
"Summer and Smoke certainly doesn't belong in the top drawer of Tennessee Williams's plays," said Charles Spencer in The Telegraph when it was last performed in the West End in 2006.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2018
Guiltily, she slid open the top drawer of his dresser.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
