HIGH-CLASS
ADJECTIVES
1905 ► WRIST-WATCH high class; aristocratic → military usage
1923 ► DICTY stylish, high-class; snobbish, haughty, conceited, uppity → Amer. dial.
1960 ► SADDITY → SEDDITY → SIDDITY → SIDITY elegant, high-class, sophisticated → African-American sl.
NOUNS
1808 ► TOP-SHELF the highest class
1848 ► BETTER END the higher classes; a superior kind; the greater part, majority → Eng. dial.
1882 ► TOP-SHELFER a person or thing of the highest class; a member of the upper class
1887 ► TOP members of the highest social class
NOUNS, PERSON
1882 ► NOBBY a person of social distinction or pretensions, a rich or high-class person → Sc.
1882 ► TOP-SHELFER a person or thing of the highest class; a member of the upper class
1946 ► BLUE HEN’S CHICKEN an important or high-class person, or one who pretends to be → Amer. dial.
1951 ► BLUE HEN’S CHICK an important or high-class person, or one who pretends to be → Amer. dial.
1965 ► MR. ASTORBILT a rich or high-class person; a member of the ‘best society’ of a community → Amer. dial.
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