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Commission from East shunned by upper-class prig (4)

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snob

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'prig' is the definition.
(I know that prig can be written as snob)

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(Other definitions for snob that I've seen before include "One for whom social status matters" , "Looker-down on others" , "Person with pretensions to higher social status" , "who puts on airs" , "Toffee-nose" .)

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