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The best of a group, as in He was first in the ticket line so he had the pick of the litter. This term, alluding to the most desirable one from a litter of puppies or kittens, supplanted such earlier variants as pick of the market, pick of the parish, and pick of the basket. [Early 1900s]

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You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
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Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
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