Nonpareil Definition

nonpareil
adjective
  1. eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"
noun
  1. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
  2. colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies
  3. a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar

"Nonpareil" in song lyrics

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  • "council bluffs nonpareil"
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