Usually means: Best performers or highest quality.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word cream of the crop:

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  1. cream of the crop: Merriam-Webster
  2. the cream of the crop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cream of the crop: Wiktionary
  4. cream of the crop: Dictionary.com
  5. Cream of the Crop, Cream of the crop (disambiguation), Cream of the crop: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. cream of the crop, the cream of the crop: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (cream of the crop)

noun:  (idiomatic) The best or most desirable among some selection.

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