social register

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Laffer is a tireless talker and raconteur who, in the course of an interview, can drop enough famous names to fill a social register.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2022

At times, Mosley’s testimony felt like a live reading of the social register.

From The Verge • Nov. 2, 2021

For a time, it produced a Supreme magazine, featuring the likes of Chloë Sevigny and Ryan McGinley as models, that functioned as a social register of sorts for the downtown art set.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2012

In the first place, the names of the contractors read like the social register of U.S. industry: General Electric, Du Pont, Union Carbide and Carbon, Monsanto, Westinghouse, Western Electric, etc.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And the name isn't to be found in the directory, telephone-book, or social register."

From The Gates of Chance by Sutphen, Van Tassel