ace-high

[ eys-hahy, -hahy ]

/ ˈeɪsˈhaɪ, -ˌhaɪ /

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adjective

(of a poker hand) having an ace as the highest card.

held in high esteem: He has an ace-high reputation.

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Origin of ace-high

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

You've always been ace-high with me, and there never will come the day when you can't eat on my meal-ticket.
The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service
The Hawley doesn't take a fancy to every woman she sees—and, let me tell you, she stands ace-high in this country.
Lonesome Land|B. M. Bower
Used to call him his right bower—I mean his strong suit—I mean his two pair—ace high.
Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6)|John McElroy
From the very first dose he was ace-high and everybody else looked like thirty cents to her.
The Four Million|O. Henry

N he bluffed forty pair of stockings outen a greenhorn on ace high.
Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905|Various