slap-up

English

Adjective

slap-up (comparative more slap-up, superlative most slap-up)

1. (informal) Excellent, first-class.
   • (Can we date this quote by Thackeray and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     "Isn't she a slap-up woman, eh, now?" pursued he; and began enumerating her attractions, as a horse-jockey would the points of a favourite animal.

   • 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage":

     "You take me somewhere where we can get a regular slap-up lunch. All this is the very worst thing for my nerves." -- "Lavenue's is about the best place round here," answered Philip.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit

     'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of men of taste: not snobs.'

   • 2003, Anthony Ham, Paul Greenway, Damien Simonis, Jordan

     If you add the cost of occasional chartered taxis, souvenirs, a splurge every now and then on a slap-up meal or a mid-range hotel […]

Translations

first-class

• Russian: роско́шный (ru) m (roskóšnyj), первоклассный (ru) m (pervoklassnyj), шика́рный (ru) m (šikárnyj), парадный (ru) m (paradnyj)
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