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Definition of crème de la crème noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

crème de la crème

noun

NAmE//ˌkrɛm də lɑ ˈkrɛm//

, NAmE//ˌkrɛm dələˈkrɛm//

[singular] (from French) (formal or humorous)

the best people or things of their kind This school takes only the crème de la crème.

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