Meaning of murderers' row | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A team with an exceptionally talented group of players, or that group of players.
2. The batting lineup of certain New York Yankees teams in the early twentieth century, most notably the 1927 team.
   historical
3. Any ensemble which comprises exceptional individuals.
4. A group of middleweight boxers in the 1940s.
   historical

Examples

“The cast was a murderers' row, with five Oscar winners in supporting roles.”

“Reuniting with a murderers’ row of similarly wizened crime-movie veterans, Scorsese hasn’t just returned to reclaim the genre he nearly perfected. He’s come to bury it, too”

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