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upper-crusty

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Of or resembling the upper crust.
  2. Aristocratic; socially superior.

Examples

“Bentleys, Rolls, Aston-Martins, Ferraris, even James Bond's Thunderbird. Very nice crispy, upper-crusty sensation, right in with the real boys.”
“Richie now earns $100 a day designing similar saunas for upper-crusty clients throughout Los Angeles.”
“Seeing Rosalynn, Betty and Lady Bird, the politicians' wives, looking upper-crusty, and the many other women in Houston looking like⟳ fools, I concluded that I was viewing long-ago plays about the aristocracy and the jesters who performed and danced before them”
“After the Hollywood fiasco, she spurned the grime of the police beat⟳ and the ordeal of the running trial story. She began to specialize in the social and the upper-crusty.”
“"Mom, upper crusty?" I said. She just couldn't help⟳ but use⟳ ancient expressions.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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