Informal first-class; first-rate; superior
also A 1, A-1, or A number 1
Origin of A one
origin, originally a designation of first-class ships, as in Lloyd's Register: A indicating the excellent condition of the hull, 1 that of the equipmentA one
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A-one
also A-1
adjective
InformalFirst-class; excellent.
Origin of A-one
From classification for ships in The Lloyd's Register of ShippingTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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