Meaning of Rolls-Royce | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of several British companies that make motor cars, aero engines, etc.
2. A car made by this manufacturer.
3. Anything that is the best of its type; the best quality product possible.
   British, informal

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Examples

“And she pondered the first of Miss Seeton’s sketches, the one Delphick had been coerced into showing her: the sleek cat reflected in the mirror, with the ram—the ram from the wrong, confusing case—beneath it on the bonnet of the Rolls-Royce in which Ferencz Szabo, of the Stentorian voice, rode so proudly.”

“the Rolls-Royce of chocolate”

“But for an aspiring animation cartoonist, getting a job at Walt Disney was like hitting the major leagues—the Rolls Royce of animation. Now here we were walking down Dopey Drive and making a right at Mickey Avenue.”

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