leisured class
Example Sentences
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"We're in the business of totally converting the proletariat to the leisured class," Cornfeld boasted.
From Time Magazine Archive
A great city also must have within its boundaries a large leisured class to pay for the culture and pleasure that are the outward signs of its preeminence.
From Time Magazine Archive
The great principle of conspicuous ritualistic waste had been illustrated in a manner to satisfy the most exacting standard of the leisured class; and incidentally a subject of talk was provided.
From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold
The existence of a very numerous leisured class is partly responsible, no doubt.
From England by Fox, Frank, Sir
Mr. Price Collier's England and the English is the Toryism of an American who has enjoyed the hospitality of the leisured class, and has read the Times with some diligence.
From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon
