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first-class

[furst-klas, -klahs]
–adjective
1. of the highest or best class or quality: a first-class movie.
2. best-equipped and most expensive: a first-class railroad car.
3. given or entitled to preferred treatment, handling, etc.: first-class mail.
–adverb
4. by first-class conveyance: to travel first-class.

Origin:
1780–90
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first-class   (fûrst'klās')
adj.  
  1. Constituting or belonging to the first, highest, or best group in a system of classification: a first-class hotel; first-class mail.

  2. Of the foremost excellence or highest quality; first-rate: a first-class mind.

first' class' adv.
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