murderers' row en · NOUN
Etymology
From Murderers' Row.
Meanings
- (idiomatic) A team with an exceptionally talented group of players, or that group of players.
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(idiomatic) Any ensemble which comprises exceptional individuals.
The cast was a murderers' row, with five Oscar winners in supporting roles.
Reuniting with a murderers’ row of similarly wizened crime-movie veterans, Scorsese hasn’t just returned to reclaim the genre he nearly perfected. He’s come to bury it, too
2019 October 31, A. A. Dowd, “Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunite for one last gripping crime epic, The Irishman”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2020:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| murderers' rows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |