upper ten thousand
Meaning
upper ten thousand pl (plural only)
(dated) The ten thousand people, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy.
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Those families, you know, are our upper crust-not upper ten thousand.
At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
And I honor the man who is willing to sink Half his present repute for the freedom to think, And, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t'other half for the freedom to speak, Caring naught for what vengeance the mob has in store, Let that mob be the upper ten thousand or lower.