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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(idiomatic, informal) Posh, upper-class; pertaining to the upper crust..
An upper-crust London party.
They're aiming for a more upper-crust clientele.
In 1986, Takako Doi was elected leader of the Japan Socialist Party; another woman is the president of Takashimaya, Japan's most upper-crust department store chain.
But Prentice had grown up richer and more upper-crust than Richard had any idea of.
Patinkin’s melodious voice is a natural fit for animation, and he breathes just the right type of upper-crust life into Hugh in 22 short minutes.
That was another story, and the retirees who frequented the relatively lowbrow kino Ridge were more likely than the more upper-crust folks at Amado or Rio Rico to shut up and pay their fines than they were to hire criminal defense attorneys.
“You ever see the movie Spotlight?” “About the Boston Globe reporters who uncovered the sexual abuse coverup in the Catholic Church?” “Yeah, exactly.” “No.” “Oh. Well, in that I played Ben Bradlee, Jr. And that character begins with the accent, because the real Bradlee is from Boston. But he's an upper-crust guy. [Boston accent] Not like some jamoke standing around Kelly's Tavern in, uh, Revere Beach, you know what I mean?” “Very good, John Slattery.” “[regular accent] Not bad, right? But I was talking to him.”
Use upper-crust when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Upper-crust means (idiomatic, informal) Posh, upper-class; pertaining to the upper crust..
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An upper-crust London party.
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