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stockbroker belt

British  

noun

  1. informal the area outside a city, esp London, in which rich commuters live Compare exurbia

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He looks like a retired Hell’s Angel from the stockbroker belt, but it works.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2016

The parks, Richmond and Bushey, were full to the brim, and sedate stockbroker belt communities such as Dorking and Oxshott turned out in force, cameras to the fore.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2011

This is as true of illegal Indonesian loggers as of Surrey stockbroker belt frequent flyers.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2010

The three married Beatles and their look-alike wives own large homes in Weybridge, part of the suburban "stockbroker belt," 40 minutes from London.

From Time Magazine Archive

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