Usually means: Elite, affluent segment of society.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. upper crust: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. upper-crust, upper crust, the upper crust: Merriam-Webster
  3. upper crust: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. upper crust: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. upper-crust, upper-crust, upper crust: Collins English Dictionary
  6. upper crust: Vocabulary.com
  7. upper-crust: Wordnik
  8. the upper crust: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. upper-crust, upper crust: Wiktionary
  10. upper crust: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. upper crust: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. upper-crust, upper crust: Dictionary.com
  13. The Upper Crust (band), Upper Crust (restaurant chain), Upper crust: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. upper crust: Rhymezone
  15. UPPER CRUST: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  16. Upper Crust: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  17. upper crust: FreeDictionary.org
  18. upper crust: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Upper Crust: The Word Detective
  20. UPPER CRUST: Ye Olde English Sayings
  21. upper-crust, upper crust: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. upper crust: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. upper crust: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. upper-crust, upper crust, the upper crust: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. upper crust, upper crust: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. upper crust: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (upper crust)

noun:  (idiomatic, usually with the) The social elite, the highest social class.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upper, crust. The topmost layer of a bread, pastry dish, or other item with a hardened coating.
adjective:  Alternative form of upper-crust [(idiomatic, informal) Posh, upper-class; pertaining to the upper crust.]

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