Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
upper ten thousand (which see, underupper ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under
upper .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
very highest social class ; theupper ten
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Examples
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In the lower classes Cupid still reigns supreme; but in the middle strata, and among the uppertendom, the God of Love complains that his wings are clipped, his arrows pointless, and while both of his eyes are still blind, his hands and feet are also fettered.
A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding Sophia Orne 1873
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They occupied the most expensive accommodations, dressed and rode in the most costly and imposing fashion, and made a great sensation upon uppertendom in Syracuse.
The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman. A Narrative of Real Life. Jermain Wesley 1859
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