my wife’s a respectable woman—has been exposed to the persecution, and insults, and effrontery of young upstarts, scoundrels
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (1878)
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[Miranda looking at costume] Look at this, look at this. [realizes not her costume] That's not me, don't know who that is - some upstart.
BBC. Blackadder, Remastered, The Ultimate Edition, Disc 6: Costumes Revisited
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if I don't take it, who will?"
"Who? Why, any upstart who has got neither blood nor position. People of standing should consume their independent nonsense at home, not hawk it about.