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The “gilded youth” of a nation; that is, the rich and fashionable young unmarried men.
“There were three of the jeunesse dorée, and, as such, were pretty well known to the ladies who promenade the grand circle.”—T. Terrel: Lady Delmar, ix.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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