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creme de la creme
 
NOUN:1. The superlative or most preferable part of something: best, choice, cream, elite, flower, pick, prize1, top. Idioms: cream of the crop, flower of the flock, pick of the bunch (or crop) . See BETTER. 2. People of the highest social level: aristocracy, blue blood, elite, flower, gentility, gentry, nobility, patriciate, quality, society, upper class, who's who. Informal : upper crust. See OVER.
 
 
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