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Rolls-Royce en · NOUN

Etymology

The original company was established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

Meanings

1. A car made by this manufacturer.
   • ‘What is the most expensive car?’ she had once asked Stan. ‘A cad – Cadillac or a Rolls,’ Stan had said, and sometimes Raoul had a Cadillac, sometimes a Rolls-Royce. 1968, Rumer Godden, “L’Élégance”, in Swans & Turtles: Stories, London; Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne, Vic.: Macmillan, →OCLC, page 159:
   • And she pondered the first of Miss Seeton’s sketches, the one Delphick had been coerced into showing her: the sleek cat reflected in the mirror, with the ram—the ram from the wrong, confusing case—beneath it on the bonnet of the Rolls-Royce in which Ferencz Szabo, of the Stentorian voice, rode so proudly. 1994, Hamilton Crane [pseudonym; Sarah J. Mason], chapter 32, in Miss Seeton Undercover (Miss Seeton; 17), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 256:
2. (UK, informal) Anything that is the best of its type; the best quality product possible.
   • But for an aspiring animation cartoonist, getting a job at Walt Disney was like hitting the major leagues—the Rolls Royce of animation. Now here we were walking down Dopey Drive and making a right at Mickey Avenue. 2013, Floyd Norman, Animated Life:
   • the Rolls-Royce of chocolate

Forms

Synonyms

cream of the crop · finger-lickin' good · da bomb · mutt's nuts · gold standard · bee's knees · spider's ankles · bollocks · cat's pyjamas · crème de la crème · dog's bollocks · finger-licking good · the shit · llama's pajamas · all that and a bag of chips · antelope's cantaloupes · greatest thing since sliced bread · ne plus ultra · Roller · Rolls · cat's ass · cat's meow · kitty's titties · the business · cat's pajamas · the tits · flea's eyebrows · ant's pants · dog's dangly bits · cat's whiskers · the bomb · R-R · fox's socks

Translations (3)

pl merc (something that is best of its kind) · fi Mersu (something that is best of its kind) · de Mercedes (something that is best of its kind)

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Rolls-Royce en · PROPN

Etymology

The original company was established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

Meanings

1. Any of several British companies that make motor cars, aero engines, etc.

Deriveds

R. R. (Rolls-Royce maker of aero engines) · RR (Rolls-Royce maker of aero engines) · R.R. (Rolls-Royce maker of aero engines) · R.-R. (Rolls-Royce maker of aero engines) · R-R (Rolls-Royce maker of aero engines)

Translations (6)

pl Rolls-Royce (British brand - manufacturer(s) of cars, aero engines, etc.) · ru Роллс-Ро́йс (British brand - manufacturer(s) of cars, aero engines, etc.) · cmn 勞斯萊斯 /劳斯莱斯 (British brand - manufacturer(s) of cars, aero engines, etc.) · ar رُولْز رُويْس (British brand - manufacturer(s) of cars, aero engines, etc.) · ja ロールスロイス (British brand - manufacturer(s) of cars, aero engines, etc.) · ko 롤스로이스 (British brand - manufacturer(s) of cars, aero engines, etc.)

wikipedia: Charles Rolls · wikipedia: Henry Royce