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- adjective
superlative form ofchoice : mostchoice .
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Examples
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Accordingly your first newspaper was received by me in choicest mood; and the second would have been pitched in the fire, had there been one at hand, when, after having tumbled myself from the top story at the risk of my neck, I found myself deluded with 'wun penny'm.'
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Her stature was straight as the letter I150 and her face shamed the noon sun’s radiancy; and she was even as a galaxy, or a dome with golden marquetry or a bride displayed in choicest finery or a noble maid of Araby. 151 Right well of her sang the bard when he said: —
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The choicest are the so-called French, or = Tagetes patula =, which have richly coloured flowers, and some of the varieties are beautifully striped.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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-- God calls the choicest warriors to Him, to set "over" the work of devastating Idumea.
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Fetid fruit of the wild vine [Maurer], instead of "choicest" grapes.
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Substitute the workplace for the hunting ground, you still get the most attractive people getting the best rewards-the "choicest" feeding opportunities.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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Of printed books one of the choicest is a very fine Caxton, "The Boke of
St. John's College, Cambridge Robert Forsyth Scott 1891
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An artist friend made a detailed drawing based on the photograph and the view from the ground, giving me a somewhat better map of the choicest aeries and declivities.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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But it is the love of the critics that gratifies Cooper the most, such as when the Daily Mail eruditely weighs in on one of his choicest works: "In one hilarious snap the moment he mocks a dog trapped behind the glass of someone's front porch is taken with almost human-like humor."
ARTINFO: Is This Cat a Great Photographer? The Seattle Art Scene's Feline Phenomenon ARTINFO 2011
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But it is the love of the critics that gratifies Cooper the most, such as when the Daily Mail eruditely weighs in on one of his choicest works: "In one hilarious snap the moment he mocks a dog trapped behind the glass of someone's front porch is taken with almost human-like humor."
ARTINFO: Is This Cat a Great Photographer? The Seattle Art Scene's Feline Phenomenon ARTINFO 2011
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