Exhibit A
noun/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt ˌeɪ̯/UK/iɡˈzibət ˌeɪ̯/US
Etymology
From the conventional way of labelling the first piece of physical evidence used in a criminal trial.
Definitions
The foremost example, often with a negative connotation.
- The legislature can’t fight corruption when the politicians are Exhibit A.
- Exhibit A—I had a boyfriend once. I was fifteen. He was fifteen. He had green eyes and floppy hair and liked Vampire Weekend, and if that doesn't guarantee a life of shared bliss, I don't know what does.
- From 1924 onwards my little collection of evidence contained a mixture of literary references. Exhibit A was Evelyn Waugh in Vile Bodies (published in 1930): […]
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Exhibit A. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA