UPPER


Meaning of UPPER in English

n.

Function: noun

Date: 1789

: one that is upper: as a : the parts of a shoe or boot above the sole b : an upper tooth or denture c : an upper berth

– on one's uppers : in straitened circumstances : DESTITUTE

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