upper crust

upper crust

n. Informal

The highest social class or group.

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upper-crust (pr-krst) adj.

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upper crust

Noun

Brit, Austral & NZ informal the upper class

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Noun

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upper crust - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy upper class social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" elite, elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status gentry, aristocracy - the most powerful members of a society people in power, ruling class - the class of people exerting power or authority