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Upper crust   /ˈəpər krəst/   Listen
Upper crust

noun
1.
The class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy.  Synonym: upper class.






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"Upper crust" Quotes from Famous Books



... nothing but darkness: they recoiled with horror; for the conviction flashed upon them that that gulf went down into the very central spaces of the earth, of which they had hitherto been wandering only in the upper crust; nay, that the seething blackness before them had relations mysterious, and beyond human comprehension, with the far-off voids of space, into which the stars dare ...
— The Portent & Other Stories • George MacDonald

... New York Holmes and I both learned to use American slang, and in case this little book should happen to be read by any of London society's "upper crust," I humbly beg their pardon for any examples of slang that may have ...
— The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons • James Francis Thierry

... in disgust, but not until she heard the woman's daughter whisper, "Don't, mother,—that's Miss Howard,—Mrs. Campbell's niece," to which the mother replied, "Wall, who cares for that? Glad I gin her a good one. Upper crust ain't no better than ...
— The English Orphans • Mary Jane Holmes



Words linked to "Upper crust" :   social class, socio-economic class, aristocracy, ruling class, people in power, gentry, stratum, elite, elite group, class



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