murderers' row

English

Etymology

From Murderers' Row.

Noun

murderers' row (plural murderers' rows)

  1. (sports) A team with an exceptionally talented group of players, or that group of players.
  2. Any ensemble which comprises exceptional individuals.
    The cast was a murderers' row, with five Oscar winners in supporting roles.
    • 2019 October 31, A. A. Dowd, “Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunite for one last gripping crime epic, The Irishman”, in AV Club‎:
      Reuniting with a murderers’ row of similarly wizened crime-movie veterans, Scorsese hasn’t just returned to reclaim the genre he nearly perfected. He’s come to bury it, too

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