leisured class
Example Sentences
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A great city also must have within its boundaries a large leisured class to pay for the culture and pleasure that are the outward signs of its preeminence.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We're in the business of totally converting the proletariat to the leisured class," Cornfeld boasted.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cane seems to be a distinguishing mark of the leisured class.
From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward
The existence of a very numerous leisured class is partly responsible, no doubt.
From England by Fox, Frank, Sir
But the real link was that they both instinctively threw overboard all but the essential; they cared comparatively little for most of the preoccupations and smaller solicitudes of the women in their own leisured class.
From Bird of Paradise by Leverson, Ada
