gilt-edged

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gilt-edged

adjective

  1. not comparable, of pages of a book etc Having gilded edges.
  2. not comparable, of securities Issued by the Bank of England.
  3. not comparable Of the highest quality. Then a disastrous back-pass from Christopher Samba presented Drogba with a gilt-edged chance but the Ivorian's shot was saved by Robinson with his legs.

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@misc{gilt_edged_2026,
  title = {gilt-edged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gilt-edged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}