top-shelf

Or top shelf

[top-shelf]

adjective

1. of high quality; premium.

   His bar cart was full of top-shelf liquor.

   The cinematography is top-shelf.

Word History and Origins

Origin of top-shelf¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The Lions are a top-shelf team and should be able to win this pretty handily.

From Los Angeles Times

For the elder Policy, the aggressive transaction was reminiscent of the buy-now-pay-later philosophy in 1994 of the 49ers, who went on a big-money shopping spree to collect top-shelf free agents to build their Super Bowl-winning roster.

From Los Angeles Times

The Jeffrey Epstein saga has all the elements of one of those top-shelf intrigues, with an added Shakespearean twist — a president whose political rise has been fueled by outlandish conspiracy theories and now faces a backlash from some of his most faithful devotees, as he tries to wriggle free from a deceitful web of his own design.

From Los Angeles Times

Given that the boat serves excellent food, top-shelf liquor, free Wi-Fi and twice-daily housekeeping, even my modest math skills calculated that this was a very good deal indeed.

From Salon

One slice of wealth that can’t be repossessed, however, is Coop’s encyclopedic knowledge of top-shelf luxury goods.

From Salon