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  • 31upper crust — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. People of the highest social level: aristocracy, blue blood, creme de la creme, elite, flower, gentility, gentry, nobility, patriciate, quality, society, upper class, who s who. See OVER …

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  • 32upper crust —  adj. Of the higher levels of society. Also n …

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  • 33upper — ► ADJECTIVE 1) situated above another part. 2) higher in position or status. 3) situated on higher ground. 4) (in place names ) situated to the north. ► NOUN 1) the part of a boot or shoe above the sole. 2) informal …

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  • 34upper classes — upper class or upper classes noun The people of the highest social rank • • • Main Entry: ↑up * * * the ˌupper ˈclass noun singular ( …

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  • 35The Sleepwalkers (Broch) — The Sleepwalkers (original title Die Schlafwandler) is a novel (or a novel trilogy) by the Austrian novelist and essayist Hermann Broch. It is considered, along with Robert Musil´s The Man Without Qualities and Thomas Mann´s The Magic Mountain,… …

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  • 36The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050 —   Hardcover version cover …

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  • 37Crust (geology) — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …

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  • 38crust */ — UK [krʌst] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms crust : singular crust plural crusts 1) the hard brown outer part of a loaf of bread a crust of bread: Sparrows pecked at a crust of bread. 2) a layer of cooked pastry that forms the outer… …

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  • 39upper — 1. adj. & n. adj. 1 higher in place; situated above another part (the upper atmosphere; the upper lip). 2 higher in rank or dignity etc. (the upper class). 3 situated on higher ground (Upper Egypt). n. the part of a boot or shoe above the sole.… …

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  • 40upper-cruster — “+ə(r) noun (plural upper crusters) Etymology: upper crust + er : a member of the upper crust …

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