the Four Hundred
Example Sentences
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Mrs. “Jack” is more beautiful than when she last appeared in her box at the Metropolitan Opera-House, an acknowledged belle of the Four Hundred.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2019
The enormous gold watch fob Samuel Ward McAllister, the self-appointed gatekeeper of the Four Hundred, sports in his 1877 portrait by Adolphe Yvon is set off by his sober black bespoke suit.
From Slate • Jul. 10, 2014
But the Major was a crude fellow in the eyes of his neighbors and, when the night of the ball arrived, the Four Hundred cut him dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ward McAllister had dreamed up the Four Hundred in the first place, but in the Almanac the name McAllister nowhere appeared.
From Time Magazine Archive
I went to the Girls’ Friendly last night, and there was that Miss Van Antwerp that runs our class, and she was so interested, for all she’s one of the Four Hundred.
From Vistas of New York by Matthews, Brander
