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upper crust

Fig. the higher levels of society; the upper class. (From the top, as opposed to the bottom, crust of a pie.) Jane speaks like that because she pretends to be from the upper crust, but her father was a miner. James is from the upper crust, but he is penniless.

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Their flash tailoring, their fine dining and selfindulgent ways will appeal to fans of the upper crust Tories - but will doubtless give everyone else cause to ensure that whatever they do at the next general election, they don't vote Tory. PICK OF THE DAY by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Byline: Steve Bradley PIE lovers are heading to a legendary Midland venue to choose their favourite dish from those devised by four contestants whose recipes were judged to be the upper crust. Finalists with pie hopes of success; COMPETITION: Mad O'Rourke ... by Birmingham Mail (England) PEOPLE blame Parliament for all that is bad, but it is society's upper crust that exerts control over the Civil Service and big business. 'Upper crust' has the power; Letters letters@coventrytelegraph.net by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			up to doing up to here up to knees up to neck up to neck in up to no good up to old tricks up to par up to scratch up to snuff up to speed up to the mark up to the minute up with up-and-coming up-to-date up-to-the-minute upbraid for update about upgrade to uphill uphill battle upon upon impact upper upper crust upper hand upright uproar uproot uproot from uproot from some place ups and downs upset upset plans upset the apple cart upset the applecart upshot of upside upside-down upstairs uptake upward urban legend urge urge along urge forward urge on urge to do use use a sledgehammer to crack a nut			Upper Columbia River Basin Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board Upper Columbia United Tribes Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative Upper Condamine Floodplain Project Upper Confidence Bound Upper Confidence Level Upper Confidence Limit Upper Congo Rapids Upper Congo Rapids Upper Connecticut River Valley Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital upper consolute temperature Upper Control Arm Upper Control Limit Upper Control Limit Upper Control Panel Upper Coomera State College Upper Core-Support Plate Upper Corner of Lower Alabama Upper covert Upper Cretaceous upper critical field Upper Critical Solution Temperature Upper Critical Solution Temperature Upper Critical Temperature upper crust Upper Cullasaja Watershed Association, Inc. Upper culmination Upper culmination Upper culmination Upper culmination Upper Cumberland Area Rural Transit System Upper Cumberland Development District Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation Upper Cumberland Federal Credit Union Upper Cumberland Grotto Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency Upper Cumberland Macintosh User Group Upper Cumberland Regional Library upper curtate Upper Cwmbran Temperance League upper cyclone Upper Daily Mass Load Upper Danube River Basin Upper Darby Upper Darby Adult Evening Program Upper Darby High School Upper Darby Performing Arts Center Upper Darby School District Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania Upper Dauphin Area School District upper deck upper deck Upper Deck Authenticated

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