slap-up
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of slap-up
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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The custom Marni outfit also made eating the slap-up Brits dinner somewhat impractical.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2024
Donning a falsetto and a knowingly ludicrous suburban loverman persona, he hits on a girl working in a JCPenney department store, offering her a ride in his Hyundai and a slap-up meal.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2020
You might wonder who'd pay enough for a slap-up meal and a good bottle of wine to buy a Spanish Civil War-era anarchist handbill from the streets of Barcelona.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2014
And at last night's slap-up do at Drury Lane, who were the big winners?
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2011
Well, there's Millbank; that's regular slap-up, quite a sight, regular lion; if I were you I would see Millbank.'
From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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