first-chop

Old Beeswax thinks that if he can get me up to swear that he and his crew are real first-chop hands, that will hit the governor hard.

The Duke's Children 2004

‘Who ever heard of a horse being trained in a tent before? — not but what he looks first-chop.’

Robbery Under Arms 2004

Both their suits were first-chop, never mind what the cost had added to the mortgage under which Saxtorph Ventures labored.

Inconstant Star Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1991

Me makee he first-chop fashion, about the glate Ping Wing;

Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower

"I'll get you a first-chop horse, Bill," said Joe.

Wild Bill's Last Trail Ned Buntline

London is simply teeming with first-chop, unwritten plays.

Bliss, and Other Stories 1920

And in time you may become a first-chop operator, which I'm not and never will be; but if you do,

The Lone Wolf A Melodrama Louis Joseph Vance 1906

He tells everywhere that he keeps a "first-chop" house.

Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

He tells everywhere that he keeps a "first-chop" house.

Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling 1900

"For real, first-class A, No. 1, first-chop poetry that can't be beat."

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle or The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht. Edward Stratemeyer 1896