upper crust
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upper crust
Rhymes with -ʌst
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First known use as an idiom: 1836.
noun upper crusts
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The social elite, the highest social class.
I judged from your remark about the diligence and industry of the high Parisian upper crust that it would have some point.
Similar: upper class, the quality
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upper, crust. The topmost layer of a bread, pastry dish, or other item with a hardened coating. She went to get her tarts . . . but some one had stolen all the fruit out of them by lifting up the upper crust.
adjective more upper crust · most upper crust
- Alternative form of upper-crust
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| Español | corteza superior, alta corteza |
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