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cream of society

NOUN
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aristocracy beau monde beautiful people crème de la crème cultured class elite haut monde high life high society in-group jet set privileged class smart set society the Four Hundred the privileged upper crust upper echelon
NOUN
beautiful people
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aristocracy beau monde café society crème de la crème cultured class elite famous people glamorous people glitterati haut monde high life high society in-crowd jet set privileged class smart set society society people the in-crowd the privileged the upper class the well-to-do upper crust wealthy people
NOUN
café society
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beau monde beautiful people elite fashionable society glitterati haut monde high society in-crowd jet set right people smart set societe
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cream of the crop
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aristocracy beau monde beautiful people best of the best cream of the cream crème de la crème haut monde high society pick of the litter privileged class smart set the elite the finest the privileged upper class upper crust
NOUN
high society
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STRONGEST
jet set
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aristocracy beau monde beautiful people best people café society crème de la crème cultured class elite fashionable society four hundred good society haut monde high life polite society privileged class right people smart set societe society the Four Hundred the better sorts the privileged upper class upper crust
NOUN
jet set
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STRONGEST
high society upper class upper crust
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beau monde beautiful people café society country-club set crème de la crème elite fashionable society gentlefolk glitterati haut monde high life in-crowd leisured class moneyed class polite society privileged class salon smart set the privileged the well-to-do wealthy people

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“If you are the cream of society, why would you work against a system that brings you opportunity?”

From The New Yorker • May 14, 2017

To it are invited topflight critics, big-shot editors, notables in the arts, gossip columnists, diplomats, politicians, the cream of society.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cream of society had crowded the princess' salon to hear famed Franz Liszt outthunder another darling of the day, suave Sigismond Thalberg.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stremov and Liza Merkalova, why, they're the cream of the cream of society.

From Anna Karenina by Garnett, Constance

"Well, mamma, you must confess that the association of such a name as Sterzl with the cream of society is irresistibly funny," cried Polyxena.

From Our Own Set A Novel by Schubin, Ossip