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blue ribbon

noun as in first place

noun as in first place

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As a cook, after college, I drank Pabst Blue Ribbon along with the rest of the team.

Establishing a blue-ribbon commission in the midst of scandal is a time-honored Washington tradition.

The family-owned company that revived Pabst Blue Ribbon has been given the go-ahead to purchase Hostess out of bankruptcy.

Passing the buck to a blue ribbon commission like Erskine-Bowles was tried and has failed.

No one can do it for them—not pollsters, not blue-ribbon commissions, not even elections.

Everybody wears blue ribbon here, but I don't, because I don't want to get tipsy anyhow.

My blue ribbon had long ago worn out, and with it my strict views on Temperance.

Mrs. Avory patted the small head, and smoothed out the blue ribbon that tied up the tuft of black curls.

It was a single silky curl, of a beautiful reddish gold, tied daintily with blue ribbon.

With Charlies toy drum strung round his neck on a narrow blue ribbon, he was distinctly mirth-inspiring.

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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to blue-ribbon, such as: ace, banner, champion, fine, first-class, and first-rate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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