best of the bunch
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Noun
best of the bunch (plural best of the bunch)
- (idiomatic) The best or most preferred person or item within a group.
- 1853, T. S. Arthur, chapter 11, in The Iron Rule:
- I once heard father say that, with all his faults, he was the best of the bunch.
- 1900, Fergus Hume, chapter 1, in The Bishop's Secret:
- Then there is Lucy; she is the best of the bunch, which is not saying much.
- 2005, Clive Cussler; Paul Kemprecos, Lost City, Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 514:
- He proved the best of the bunch. He deserved better than being frozen like a Popsicle under that glacier.
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Synonyms
- pick of the litter