Usually means: Vivacious, fashionable youth of elite.
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  1. bright young thing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Bright Young Thing, bright young thing: Wiktionary
  3. bright young thing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Bright Young Thing)

noun:  (idiomatic, sometimes capitalized) One who is youthful, clever, eager, and high-spirited in manner and attractive in appearance.
noun:  (historical, often capitalized) Any of a group of bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of bright young thing [(idiomatic, sometimes capitalized) One who is youthful, clever, eager, and high-spirited in manner and attractive in appearance.]

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