Rolls-royce

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A car made by this manufacturer.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Anything that is the best of its type; the best quality product possible. British, informal

    "the Rolls-Royce of chocolate"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several British companies that make motor cars, aero engines, etc.

Synonyms

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Example

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"What do you think of Rolls-Royce?"

Etymology

The original company was established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

Related phrases

R-RR. R.R.-R.

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