WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ˈtop ˈdrawer, n. [countable]
  1. the highest level in status, excellence, or importance.
top-drawer, adj. ;

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
top′ drawer′, 
  1. the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance:a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
  • 1900–05
top ′-drawer′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
top drawer
  1. people of the highest standing, esp socially (esp in the phrase out of the top drawer)

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