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upstart
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synonyms: arriviste, parvenu, upspring, upskip, nouveau riche, West Egger ???
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Definition:1. One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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my wife’s a respectable woman—has been exposed to the persecution, and insults, and effrontery of young upstarts, scoundrels
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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.
George Eliot. Middlemarch
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