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upper crust

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noun

the topmost layer of crust, as of a pie.
Informal. the highest social class.

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RELATED WORDS

aristocracy, aristocratic, elite, gentle, highborn, highbred, imperial, kingly, patrician, thoroughbred, queenly, titled, wellborn, flower, gentility, gentry, nobility, patriciate, quality, glitterati

Nearby words

upper carboniferous, upper case, upper chamber, upper chinook, upper class, upper crust, upper darby, upper deck, upper east side, upper egypt, upper extremity

Origin of upper crust

1425–75; 1830–35 for def 2; late Middle English

Related forms

up·per-crust, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for upper crust

upper crust

noun

informal the upper class
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Culture definitions for upper crust

upper crust

Upper class: “The upper crust often have at least one summer house.”

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Idioms and Phrases with upper crust

upper crust

The highest social class, as in She wanted badly to be one of the upper crust but it wasn't going to happen. This term alludes to the choicest part of a pie or loaf of bread. [First half of 1800s]

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