smart set
Origin of smart set
First recorded in 1885–90
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Related Words for smart set
elite, aristocracy, flower, quality, gentry, salon, gentlefolk, glitterati, in-crowd, patriciate, society, cream, privileged, gentility, nobilityExamples from the Web for smart set
Historical Examples of smart set
He sounds to me like a sort of smart-set Raffles, Gibbs asserted.
Under CoverRoi Cooper Megrue
He had a beautiful disdain for society—society in its Smart-Set sense.
It was truly an inspiration; just the sort of thing to hand out to one of Newport's smart-set.
When Dreams Come TrueRitter Brown
I suspected the new doctor of a sense of humour, as well as of an understanding of current smart-set satire.
Pushed and the Return PushGeorge Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
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