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Nouveaux-riches are opposing down-ends (8)

Ross

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upstarts

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(Other definitions for upstarts that I've seen before include "Braggarts" , "Arrogant people just arrived in high positions" , "parvenues" , "People who have risen suddenly to authority, arrogant with it" , "Arrogant types" .)

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