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better-class - definition and meaning
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But the dwellings were inhabited by the better-class workmen and artisans.
FRYING-PAN ALLEY AND A GLIMPSE OF INFERNO 2010
Even the municipal dwellings, where live the better-class workers, are overcrowded barracks.
THE GHETTO 2010
The school was racially integrated and the article took pains to note that "a young colored girl was working yesterday on a deep rose-colored frock and one of the prettiest pieces of underwear in the better-class underwear department was made by another colored girl."
"Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006
Even as late as 1908, the Baedeker Guide To London advised that as far as Music Halls were concerned, “ladies may visit the better-class West End establishments without fear, although they should, of course, eschew the cheaper seats.”
Music Halls 2007
Even as late as 1908, the Baedeker Guide To London advised that as far as Music Halls were concerned, “ladies may visit the better-class West End establishments without fear, although they should, of course, eschew the cheaper seats.”
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
You will sit by the door with the better-class thralls.
The Sea of Trolls Nancy Farmer 2004
You will sit by the door with the better-class thralls.
The Sea of Trolls Nancy Farmer 2004
The stories in the Sunday papers about beggars who die with two thousand pounds sewn into their trousers are, of course, lies; but the better-class beggars do have runs of luck, when they earn a living wage for weeks at a time.
Down and Out in Paris and London 2004
Even in some of the better-class houses ice is looked upon too much as a luxury, and not, as it should be, a necessity; indeed, the money saved from gas during the summer months might well be expended in ice.
The Art of Living in Australia 2004
Many of her pupils belonged to the better-class families on the Kingstown and Dalkey line.
Dubliners 2003
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