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High-bred

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High´-bred`
a.1.Bred in high life; of pure blood.
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The preservation of that garment was something marvellous to those who noticed the chevalier's high-bred indifference to its shabbiness.
An Old Maid by de Balzac, Honore View in context
His first marriage with the daughter of the noble Binkie had been made under the auspices of his parents; and as he often told Lady Crawley in her lifetime she was such a confounded quarrelsome high-bred jade that when she died he was hanged if he would ever take another of her sort, at her ladyship's demise he kept his promise, and selected for a second wife Miss Rose Dawson, daughter of Mr.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
The lady who presided there is still living, and has carried with her to her peaceful home in the north the respect and love of all those who ever felt and shared that gentle and high-bred hospitality.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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