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If he is a top-notcher in his profession he may get hold of ten or twenty of them: more probably he gets hold of two or three.

From Time • May 9, 2012

A rich-voiced, grey-haired Methodist minister who seldom mounts a pulpit, Miss Harkness teaches philosophy at Mount Holyoke College, is rated a top-notcher among U. S. theologians.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yer father could roide afore ye; none better, an' Miss Allis can sit a horse foiner nor any b'y as isn't a top-notcher.

From Thoroughbreds by Fraser, William Alexander

I don't know, but he must be a top-notcher.

From Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

Your serials are the best I have ever read in any magazine; your latest one, “Jetta of the Lowlands,” promises to be an A-1 top-notcher.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 by Various