poshness
Example Sentences
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Six million people had watched the “Absolutely Fabulous” star diffuse English poshness into the Arctic mists as she travelled northward through Norway.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
Affable and solicitous, with brains, poshness and an ego worn lightly, he is a foreigner’s idealised Englishman.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2017
For years, Rees-Mogg, 48, has been one of British politics’ favorite eccentrics, affecting a languid, antiquarian poshness that verges on performance art.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2017
Referring to his wife, he added: “Also, Jackie has had to overcome her poshness and confront her gnomophobia.”
From New York Times ● May 20, 2013
Today, its red-brick row houses and elegant shops and restaurants rival the historic Back Bay for poshness.
From Time Magazine Archive
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