better-to-do, adj. phr.
[Comparative of well-to-do.]
Above the well-to-do in social condition or worldly circumstances; more prosperous. Also absol.
| 1890 W. Booth In Darkest England ii. vi. 217 His better-to-do neighbour will often assist him by providing the capital. 1898 Daily News 6 Dec. 5/6 To the new L.C.C. buildings there had come many better-to-do workmen. 1905 Daily Chron. 1 Feb. 6/2 Children..of the better-to-do. 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 9 Feb. 116 Even among the better-to-do there is greater simplicity of living and independence of service than among their compeers in England. 1965 in P. Jennings Living Village (1968) 133 Many of the better-to-do people send their children away to school. |