Definition of upper crust
: the highest social class or group;
especially
: the highest circle of the upper class
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Examples of upper crust in a Sentence
the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry
a specialty clothing store for the upper crust
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And Republicans just passed another round of tax cuts to offer a helping hand to the upper crust.
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While the upper crust among them may be well initiated, newbies from Hollywood could be attending their first royal affair.
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That’s a reversal from the first half of the 20th century, when a churchgoing Protestant establishment dominated the country’s upper crust.
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On September 17, 2014, the art world’s upper crust convened in Luxembourg City to fête Le Freeport, a warehouse where the ultra-rich hoard paintings, cars, jewelry, wine, and other luxuries in duty-free comfort.
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Rediker believes that was, in part, because Lay didn’t fit the narrative embraced by the upper crust in the abolitionist movement.
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Jason Gerace directs this story of a young woman from a poor but creative family who falls in love with a young man from the upper crust.
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Patrick is like an upper crust Hunter S. Thompson, with a seemingly endless ability to ingest drugs and cope with the very surreal results.
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Although Yeargan had to create two worlds—the commoner world of Eliza Doolittle, and the upper crust one of Doctor Henry Higgins—the true masterpiece is the latter’s town house: a towering, two story structure that’s a character in its own right.
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First Known Use of upper crust
1836
upper crust Synonyms
Synonyms
aristocracy, elite, gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, nobility, upper class;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
commoners, (the) crowd, (the) masses, peasantry, peonage, (the) people, plebeians, plebs, (the) populace, (the) public, rank and file;
bourgeoisie, middle class, working class;
dregs, (the) herd, (the) mob, rabble, rabblement, riffraff, scum, trash;
Related Words
A-list, beautiful people, café society, Four Hundred (or 400), glitterati, jet set, society;
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