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noun
minimum trappings of the minor landed gentry
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, humorous, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the British television comedy series, Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995), wherein social climber Hyacinth Bucket constantly and variously describes her sister Violet, who married well, as “the one with the [...] and room for a pony”.
