the upper crust
11upper-crust — the upper crust people who have the highest social position and who are usually rich. He spoke with an upper crust accent …
12the upper classes — the ˌupper ˈclass noun singular (also the ˌupper ˈclasses plural) the groups of people that are considered to have the highest social status and that have more mon …
13Upper crust — The upper crust are the upper classes and the establishment …
14upper crust — noun the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy • Syn: ↑upper class • Hypernyms: ↑class, ↑stratum, ↑social class, ↑socio economic class • Hyponyms: ↑elite, ↑ …
15upper crust — also upper crust N SING COLL The upper crust are the upper classes. [INFORMAL] ...the kind of lifestyle of the privileged upper crust. ADJ: ADJ n Upper crust is also an adjective. Sergeant Parrott normally spoke with an upper crust accent …
16upper crust — noun a) The topmost layer of a bread, pastry dish, or other item with a hardened coating. She went to get her tarts . . . but some one had stolen all the fruit out of them by lifting up the upper crust. b) The social elite …
17upper crust — richest, most famous or important people in a certain place, the highest class The private club was full of what looked like the upper crust of the city. Digest 22/2002 the highest level of society, i.e. people who are separated from ordinary… …
18upper crust — {n.}, {informal} The richest, most famous, or important people in a certain place; the highest class. * /It is a school that only the children of the upper crust can afford./ …
19upper crust — {n.}, {informal} The richest, most famous, or important people in a certain place; the highest class. * /It is a school that only the children of the upper crust can afford./ …
20upper\ crust — noun informal the richest, most famous, or important people in a certain place; the highest class. It is a school that only the children of the upper crust can afford …
