popularized by C. J. Allen, New York Sun society reporter, from a remark by Ward McAllister: “There are only 400 people inNew York that one really knows”; prob. from limited capacity of Mrs. J. J. Astor'sballroom
Examples of 'Four Hundred' in a sentence
Four Hundred
According to Dr. Ortiz, the last person who might have read the knotted strands had died four hundred years ago.