betters,

For the honour of sharing a page with your betters,

The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902

'No, nor manners either,' said Spilsby, with a remonstrating bleat, pushing a pie towards her; 'who are you, a-shovin' your betters,

Madame Midas Fergus Hume 1895

And the van of the nations is held by his betters,

A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873

For the honor of sharing a page with your betters,

The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

For the honor of sharing a page with your betters,

The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 08: Bunker Hill and Other Poems Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

Notice about, Young Brent and his Mother declare if I Offer to Stretch a chain there they will Stop me, I must try whether they will be as good as their words, If they do I shall go near to call them before their betters,

Letter from Robert Carter to William Cage, July 4 and 22 and 22, 1723 1723

When whip you trot up, without minding your betters,

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Jonathan Swift 1706