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Meanings of social climber in English

Someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior.

Usage of social climber in English
1
While his wife was a social climber he was exactly the opposite.
How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl
2
She's such a social climber-atleast she strikes me that way.
Russian Winter
3
She's a social climber; bound to get there from the start.
The Golden House
4
I gather your father is bankrupt and your mother a contemptible social climber.
The Lives of Christopher Chant
5
She's a petty social climber who never forgave herself for settling on second best.
Too wicked to kiss
6
Eribon is nothing if not an academic and social climber of the highest order.
The Irish Times
7
I'm not a social climber, if that's what you think.
Petals from the sky
8
A strange young social climber woman enters his circle.
The Irish Times
9
Alois was the first social climber in his family.
The Guardian
10
They probably thought me a ghastly little social climber: a low-grade Gatsby in garish shirts.
The Guardian
11
Even from the likes of this repulsive social climber.
Toxic bachelors
12
Soon he weds Dita, a chilly social climber.
Reuters
13
She is purely and discreetly a social climber.
The Guardian
14
The young man is pleasant enough, but the father is quite the social climber, don't you think?
Casket of Souls
15
Mrs. Simms herself was of a nondescript type, not a real personage, clever, good-looking, tasteful, a social climber.
The Titan
16
Brianna and Sandy whispered rudely and, in the course of dinner, hammered every other social climber in the crowd.
The appeal
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