upper crust

noun

1. the topmost layer of crust, as of a pie.
2. Informal. the highest social class.

upper crust

noun

1. informal.
   the upper class

upper crust

1. Upper class: “The upper crust often have at least one summer house.”

Other Words From

• upper-crust adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of upper crust¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; 1830–35 upper crust fordef 2

Idioms and Phrases

The highest social class, as in She wanted badly to be one of the upper crust but it wasn't going to happen . This term alludes to the choicest part of a pie or loaf of bread. [First half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

Kanye refuses to stomach any rejection, no matter how upper crust.

From The Daily Beast

Will Rachel gain admission to Fantasy Island (i.e., upper-crust Singapore) or be booted off, or flee in revulsion?

From The Daily Beast

There was a calculation that she looked and sounded too upper crust.

From The Daily Beast

These upper-crust, traditional networks are a huge part of why young men and young women choose to go to Ivy League schools.

From The Daily Beast

Sprinkle flour over the pastry, and then roll it out and line the plates; wet the lower crust to make the upper crust stick to it.

From Project Gutenberg

After the upper crust has been put on the pie brush it with beaten egg, if you wish it to be glossy when it is done.

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Remove from the oven, place on the lower crust, sprinkle with cinnamon, and cover with the upper crust.

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Thus preparing the upper crust of our earth as a "placenta" ready to gestate plant and animal life.

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Both carrot pies and squash pies should be baked without an upper crust, in deep plates.

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