jewel in the crown
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]The phrase historically referred to India under the British Raj (1858–1947), the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent.
Noun
[edit]jewel in the crown (plural jewels in the crown)
- (idiomatic) The most valuable or important thing or person among others of its kind.
- 2020 August 26, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Angela Buxton, Half of an Outcast Duo in Tennis History, Dies at 85”, in The New York Times[1]:
- They eventually found each other and forged a powerful doubles partnership. In 1956, they won the French Championships and Wimbledon, the jewel in the crown of a sport that had hardly welcomed them.
- 2022 March 13, Ben Quinn, “Russian-owned auction house faces boycott by art world figures”, in The Guardian[2]:
- The 226-year-old auction house ranks behind only Sotheby’s and Christie’s as one of the sector’s major international players, […] . It has stood alongside Chelsea as one of the jewels in the crown of Russian investments in “Londongrad”.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “jewel in the crown”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “jewel in the crown”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “the jewel in the crown”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries