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Word: snobbiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Quotidien de Paris called the caper "the snobbiest heist of the year." The snobs who were implicated, it now appears, were hard up for money despite their splendiferous ways. The baroness had been living by candlelight in her Left Bank apartment, not for romantic reasons but because the power had been turned off for nonpayment. The baron had survived by serving as a house sitter for a rich Venezuelan woman on the Avenue Foch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Haute Heist | 1/31/2007 | See Source »

...wine, and the wine's flavor will change as if it had been aged one, two or even 10 years longer-thereby enabling the taster to assess the cellaring potential of the wine in an instant, a capability that has made the Clef du Vin the hottest (and snobbiest) accessory on the tasting circuit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grapevine | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

MODERATE $1,799 APPLE iBOOK The fairest of them all, this snow-white 5.2-lb. iBook could make Mac users out of the snobbiest Windows fans. With its high-res 12.1-in. screen, a drive that burns CDs and reads DVDs, and a jack that connects the computer to a TV, it dwarfs the competition. www.apple.com/ibook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buyer's Guide: Best Of Tech | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

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