preppies
- plural of preppy.
Example Sentences
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Within the teen movie pantheon, he was long the black sheep, unwilling to play by the rules that had schoolyard jocks and trust-fund preppies ensconced at the top of the hierarchy.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2019
“It wasn’t like we were a bunch of vapid preppies, but God, we were preppy then.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2018
Light-pink-colored swim shorts have the flashy flair of Sonny Crockett from TV show “Miami Vice,” while pinkish denim harks back to preppies with their fondness for eye-searing trousers to match their Madras cocktails.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2017
They were a big hit in the South, where needlepoint is part of fraternity fashion and preppies like the pop of color.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2015
It was a school largely for people from out of town, preppies who observed the surrounding neighborhood with a voyeuristic curiosity when they weren’t hatching myths about it to scare freshmen.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
