top-shelf

top-shelf
adjective Date: circa 1892 of the best quality

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  • Top shelf — may refer to:* Pornographic magazines (kept on the top shelf in newsagents, out of the reach of children) * Top Shelf Productions, an American publishing company * Top Shelf Radio , a programme on Australian radio station Triple J …   Wikipedia

  • top-shelf — UK / US adjective 1) [only before noun] informal top shelf magazines show pictures of naked bodies or sexual activity and are usually kept on the highest shelf in a shop 2) American and Australian of the highest quality …   English dictionary

  • top shelf — adjective a) best, or high quality Jim has a lot of top shelf magazines. b) books, magazines, or movies that have adult content, or soft core …   Wiktionary

  • top shelf —    pornographic    The publications so described are displayed there in newsagents, supposedly out of the reach of children:     He publishes a number of top shelf titles. (BBC News 24, 7 February 2001, reporting on the purchaser of Express… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • top-shelf magazines —    Top shelf magazines are soft core pornographic magazines, so called because they are displayed on the top shelves of shops, too high for children to reach them. Readily available in Britain in newsagents and petrol station shops, and generally …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • Top Shelf Productions — Infobox Company company name = Top Shelf Productions company company type = Comic publisher company slogan = foundation = 1997 founder = Chris Staros and Brett Warnock key people = location = Marietta, Georgia industry = Comics homepage =… …   Wikipedia

  • top-shelf — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : top drawer …   Useful english dictionary

  • shelf — W3S3 [ʃelf] n plural shelves [ʃelvz] [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Low German; Origin: schelf] 1.) a long flat narrow board attached to a wall or in a frame or cupboard, used for putting things on top/bottom/next etc shelf ▪ Put it back on the top… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • shelf — [ ʃelf ] (plural shelves [ ʃelvz ] ) noun count ** 1. ) a flat piece of wood, plastic, or glass that is attached to the wall or is part of a piece of furniture, used for putting things on: He took a book from the shelf. top/bottom shelf: The… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • shelf — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ deep ▪ bottom, middle, top ▪ He took a book down from the top shelf …   Collocations dictionary

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