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the chosen few

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the chosen few
a small group of people who are treated differently or better than other people, often when they do not deserve it There's a special entrance with revolving doors for the chosen few in the company.
See also: chosen, few


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A few years ago he had landed in England friendless and unknown, to-day he had stepped out from even amongst the chosen few and had planted his feet in the higher lands whither the faces of all men are turned.
 
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