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Meaning of ser de alto copete



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ser de alto copete
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Verbal phrase that people use, not without some joke to refer to people of high social position or who believe it. The origin of the expression is in fashion to wear wigs, hairstyles and high hats by the ladies and gentlemen of the aristocracy in the 17TH and 18th centuries.

  










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