Definitions
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- adjective
Extremely rare ; ofutmost rarity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Joe Kahn, who collects ultrarare Tucker memorabilia, like ashtrays and manufacturer license plates, says the field gets very focused.
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Halibut, however, are by far the most prized fish here, and a number of fishermen focus solely on them, slowly dragging a live anchovy along the bottom and waiting for the halibut's soft-mouthed strike-hoping like hell they'll nab a "barn door," slang for an ultrarare (around piers, anyway) jumbo halibut clocking in at 30-plus pounds.
Fishing the Venice Beach Pier Jonathan Miles 2005
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Halibut, however, are by far the most prized fish here, and a number of fishermen focus solely on them, slowly dragging a live anchovy along the bottom and waiting for the halibut's soft-mouthed strike-hoping like hell they'll nab a "barn door," slang for an ultrarare (around piers, anyway) jumbo halibut clocking in at 30-plus pounds.
Fishing the Venice Beach Pier Jonathan Miles 2005
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Straight out of a time capsule from 1957 comes the pristine and ultrarare recordings of the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall.
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Straight out of a time capsule from 1957 comes the pristine and ultrarare recordings of the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall.
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A symptom of this ultrarare condition meant that he could hear his eyes moving in their sockets, and his heart beating.
Boing Boing David Pescovitz 2011
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