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
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
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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
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Do you mean to say that the Four Hundred of this day are no better than the Ten Thousand of that?
From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean