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social climber
noun
- a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
social climber
noun
- a person who seeks advancement to a higher social class, esp by obsequious behaviour Sometimes shortened toclimber
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Derived Forms
- social climbing, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- social climbing noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of social climber1
First recorded in 1920–25
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The outgoing president rails almost daily against reporters, the middle class, businessmen, social climbers and individualists.
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What Glazer discovered at bedrock were not the lip-curling monsters of Hollywood’s Holocaust movies but social climbers looking to improve their status.
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But with those social climbers called the D.C.
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The season three episode “Chiantishire,†which takes place at Caroline’s wedding to an unabashed social climber, offers some insight into Shiv’s relationship with her mom.
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A couple of manipulators, a couple of social climbers.
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