jeunesse dorée
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jeunesse dorée
Literally, “gilded youth”
Example Sentences
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His Flatliners of 1990, with Kiefer Sutherland and Julia Roberts, was another very potent example of Hollywood jeunesse dorée given a dark spin.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2020
If Piaf is a little out of fashion with today’s jeunesse dorée then you suspect that could all change at any moment with, say, a high-profile cover version or a new motion picture.
From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2015
At the crowded Star discothèque, the local jeunesse dorée shows off in Benetton sweaters and Pierre Cardin shirts.
From Time Magazine Archive
The truth must be confessed that jeunesse dorée of the period affected a style somewhat "loud."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 by Various
I must give another police case, as showing the manners and customs of the jeunesse dorée of this period.
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John
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