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upper crust

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Noun

  1. The social elite, the highest social class.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upper, crust. The topmost layer of a bread, pastry dish, or other item with a hardened coating.

Adjective

  1. Alternative form of upper-crust.
  2. Posh, upper-class; pertaining to the upper crust.

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