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Cream

noun

The best people or things in a group. Synonym: pick.

The part of milk containing the butterfat.

Toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin. Synonyms: emollient, ointment.

verb

(past & past part. creamed; pres. part. creaming)

Make creamy by beating.

Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight. Synonyms: bat, clobber, drub, lick, thrash.

Put on cream, as on one's face or body.

Remove from the surface. Synonyms: cream off, skim, skim off.

Add cream to one's coffee, for example.

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"Cream" Quotes from Famous Books

... did not last long, for every one was hungry and ate without permitting delay or distraction. Nearly all remarked on having had a very early breakfast, and they certainly showed capacity for not merely beef and beer, but pie and ice-cream, and when they shoved back, and lighted the cigars which Lester had provided with prodigal hand, they all agreed that the barbecue was ...

— They of the High Trails • Hamlin Garland

... two plates before her, one of soup, and the other of very sweet vanilla cream. I made her taste each of them successively, and then I let her choose for herself, and she ate the plate of cream. In a short time I made her very greedy, so greedy that it appeared as if the only idea she had in her head was the desire for eating. She ...

— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant

... the infant dream That all the treasures of the world were by: And that himself was so the cream And crown of all which round about did lie. Yet thus it was: the Gem, The Diadem, The Ring enclosing all That stood upon this earthly ball, The Heavenly Eye, Much wider than the sky, Wherein they all included were, The glorious Soul, that was the King Made to ...

— On The Art of Reading • Arthur Quiller-Couch

... near the Colosseum in Regent's Park, with a sweet little place in Devonshire to go to and get away from the noise, concocted from specifications from the poets, with a special clause about clotted cream and new-laid eggs. Something of that sort! Then she would be able to turn her mind to some elevating employment which it would be premature to dwell on in detail to furnish a mere castle-in-the-air, but of which particulars would be forthcoming ...

— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan

... say it was. About as much change as a plate of ice cream after a cup of hot coffee. Well, if you're bound to go, do keep walkin' fast. Don't forget that it's down to zero or thereabouts; don't forget that and wander over to the old cemetery and kneel down in front of a slate tombstone ...

— Galusha the Magnificent • Joseph C. Lincoln

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