Meaning of upper crust | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The social elite, the highest social class.
   idiomatic, usually
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.

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Examples

“I judged from your remark about the diligence and industry of the high Parisian upper crust that it would have some point.”

“Some accents reveal the distinctive bray of the upper crust, but most are generic middle class.”

““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.””

“She went to get her tarts . . . but some one had stolen all the fruit out of them by lifting up the upper crust.”

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