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Cream off   /krim ɔf/   Listen
Cream off

verb
1.
Remove from the surface.  Synonyms: cream, skim, skim off.
2.
Pick the best.  Synonym: skim off.






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"Cream off" Quotes from Famous Books



... and the King of the Mice prepared himself for the operation, though it was rather dangerous. He stuck his tail out, as mice are in the habit of doing in the dairy, when they skim the cream off the dish with their tails; but he had no sooner popped his tail into the warm steam than he drew it ...
— The Sand-Hills of Jutland • Hans Christian Andersen

... a person known as a selector for each important department. It would mean a boiling down of the products of every manufacturer we deal with, and skimming the cream off the top. As it is now a department buyer has to do the selecting and buying too. He can't do both and get results. We ought to set aside an entire floor for the display of manufacturers' samples. The selector would make his choice among these, ...
— Fanny Herself • Edna Ferber

... news leaked out everybody hastened to glean a fortune in the pearl line; but the boys laughed in their sleeves, knowing full well that they had "skimmed the cream off the pan." True, a few gems were found, but nothing to compare with their rake-off. And as the supply of mussels soon became exhausted the flurry had long ...
— Chums of the Camp Fire • Lawrence J. Leslie



Words linked to "Cream off" :   select, choose, pick out, withdraw, skim off, take away, remove, skim, take



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