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    [Noun]  | "crème de la crème" | \ ˈkrem-də-lä-ˈkrem \


    1: the very best

    Origin: 1848 ;

     French, literally, cream of the cream;

    [Noun phrase]  | "the crème de la crème" 


    1: the very best people or things in a group

    [Noun]  | "crème de la crème" 


    1: individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class;


      * e.g., " ... a list of titles that represents the crème de la crème of the multitude of books published over the past year "



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     [ "crème de la crème" ]

    1: THIS is the actual phrase defined by: top of the line, best of the best, above all; highest quality

      * e.g.,  ... Rolex is the crème de la crème of watches This is the correct spelling. It's the crème de la crème of phrases, UNLIKE WHEN RYAN HEINTZ SPELLED IT "CRIM DELLA CRIM", THAT IS WRONG. Crim della crim is wrong. 

     [ "La crème de la crème" ]

    1: French expression used to say "the best"

      * e.g.,  ... " This thing is la crème de la crème ! " 

     [ "La crème de la crème" ]

    2: I'm French, so I can say that it's not very used in France ! So if you try to speak French, don't use this awful expression, or you'll sound a loser.

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