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Definition of silver-spoon in English: silver-spoonadjectiveˈsɪlvəspuːn Having a wealthy or privileged background. she was a baronet's granddaughter and had a silver-spoon upbringing Example sentencesExamples - He has not had a silver-spoon career.
- Are you going to believe someone who has dedicated their silver-spoon upbringing and life's work to making as much money as quickly as possible?
- Golfers need to relate to real people and not act like silver-spoon snobs.
- On a daily basis, I'll hear this guy messing around outside with his baritone silver-spoon lisp, usually entertaining some of his other friends.
- World War II intervenes, just barely making an impact on the story, and Allie lands a silverspoon fiancé.
- It's tough to shed that silver-spoon image when you use the word "thrice."
- You can be a silver-spoon, blue-blood elitist, but if you wear the Democratic label you are presumed to be connected and empathetic.
- Mr Alexander denies any suggestion that he is a silver-spoon politician.
- She's trying to fit a populist suit on a silver-spoon candidate.
- Today's politicians have found that a Spanish vocabulary is useful for disguising silver-spoon roots and expressing solidarity with the masses.
Synonyms noble, titled, upper-class, blue-blooded, high-born, well born, patrician, elite
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