Antedating of "Chattering Classes"

[Fred Shapiro]

chattering classes (OED 1985)

1984 _Times_ 2 Apr. 12  Only among the liberal intelligentsia, alias the
chattering classes, would you be likely to find a belief that the
Government not only scores nought out of ten, but also that it should not
have attempted any of the questions.

Fred Shapiro


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