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Originally Posted by RogerS View Post
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Gustavo Barbieri, the Brazilian nonpareil, had 205.
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from Wiktionary:
Noun
nonpareil (plural nonpareiles)

1. A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.
2. A small, flat chocolate drop covered with white pellets of sugar.


I did not know the first meaning until I looked it up just now