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jet set

noun

a fashionable social set composed of wealthy people who travel frequently by jetliner to parties and resorts.

jet set

1. a rich and fashionable social set the members of which travel widely for pleasure
2. ( as modifier )
  jet-set travellers

Origin of jet set¹

First recorded in 1950–55

She hosted the international jet-set in Spain and even opened her home to Yves Saint-Laurent for a Dior fashion show in 1959.

For the modern jet set, however, the draw is slightly different.

Although further details have yet to be released, the winner is ensured to "travel the world and live the jet set life."

Her fantasy of their leaving London for a jet set humanitarian life in Australia or South Africa was delusional.

Dizdarevic testified in 2003 that he and a trust for his children owned 100 percent of Jet Set.

Evidently, Hank decided, all of this dozen-odd cluster of youngsters were connected with the jet-set underground.

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