tops

tops
/tops/, adj.
1. ranked among the highest, as in ability, performance, comprehensiveness, or quality: His work is tops. That car is tops.
adv.
2. at a maximum; at most: It'll take an hour, tops. I'll give you $25 for that, tops.
n.
3. the tops. See top1 (def. 27).
[1930-35; pl. of TOP1]

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