high society

noun
society ( def 9 ).

Origin:
1915–20

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high society
 
n
a.  the upper classes, esp when fashionable
 b.  (as modifier): her high-society image

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High society is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Example sentences
It is open to the public to experience turn of the century high society.
Horse accidents are always upsetting, but especially when they shatter the
  sense of imperviousness and insulation of high society.
By the second half of the century, a more serious and emotional atmosphere
  began to predominate in high society.
Contrasting with these are songs about high society.
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