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Meanings of upper classes in English

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Usage of upper classes in English
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The upper classes were as base in their venality as the lower.
The Crayon Papers
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The middle and upper classes are equally guilty with the lower class.
Thrift
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Members of the upper classes will accordingly remain away from the Y.M.C.A.
Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point; Or, Two Chums in the C...
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, he grew up with a hatred of the upper classes.
The Guardian
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The upper classes cover their robes with a waterproof cloak of oiled-paper.
A Voyage round the World / A book for boys
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Only the upper classes were to be allowed to possess a Bible.
The Greatest English Classic / A Study of the King James Version...
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The upper classes take a sea-bath every day, and are pretty decent.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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Blatant anti-semitism was prevalent -perhaps ubiquitous -among the upper classes.
Nina Balatka
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They were in fashion among girls of the upper classes as keepsakes.
Angelopolis
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Why did he not simply wrest the prerogative from the upper classes?
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 04
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The fact is, she does not move in our circle-inthe upper classes.
The Crusade of the Excelsior
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In the upper classes, it is certainly so; and, probably, among all classes.
A Siren
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Even the women in the upper classes have to work hard.
The Motor Maids in Fair Japan
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With Confucianism went the moral standards especially of the upper classes of society.
A History of China
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The birth rate of the wealthy and upper classes will never appreciably rise.
Woman and the New Race
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The upper classes have largely migrated to new out-of-town shopping malls.
Reuters
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Ireland
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