Meaning of prime cut | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A top-quality serving of meat.
2. Something that represents the best quality in its class.
   broadly

Examples

“Does he follow⟳ his nature, and go into the prime cut⟳ like⟳ a man; or does he put⟳ it away from him and follow⟳ the ways of the old prophet out in the desert of Arabia, and content himself with a dinner upon air with a drink⟳ of water to wash⟳ it down?”

“My husband brings his work⟳ home. Had he been a butcher, it might have⟳ been a prime cut⟳ of steak; a mason, a block⟳ of limestone. […] But my husband is an oncologist, so he brings home the dead and dying.”

“Not sure these old bones of mine are up to slaying any dragons, but if it's a prime cut⟳ of meat you want⟳, I'm your guy.”

“I got no idea who he thinks is listening to us, but I register⟳ that this is prime cut⟳ information.”

“He graduated magna cum laude from ASU in three years, then promptly earned his MBA from the Wharton School. Corporate recruiters saw⟳ him as prime cut⟳.”

“The new kid was covered in mud, the thin drizzle doing nothing to clean⟳ him off, but it was clear he was a prime cut⟳.”

“[…] with Rolling Stone's John Milward hailing the band's [Lynyrd Skynyrd's] "Southern blues-rock diced with the sharp blade of British hard rock" as "a prime cut⟳ of guitar rock" and Ronnie's "world-weary" vocals "barroom-tough on rockers, properly vulnerable on … 'Searching' and 'The Needle and the Spoon'."”

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