Proud's character is said to be self-possessed and a little snobbish, with a low opinion of his mother's boyfriend, Minty.

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We are in an odd way a very snobbish nation but as Alan Bennett once said, snobbery is an amiable vice when it looks upwards, it's only when it looks downward it's horrible, if you look down on people because, if you admire in some way some style of eccentricity in other people there's nothing that wrong with it.

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It plays into an argument that has surrounded the specialist food market for a long time - with some viewing them as overpriced and snobbish, and others as a reasonably priced source of specialist produce.

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I'm not snobbish about what someone does for a living -- I'm aware that an all-expenses-paid Ivy League education paved my way.

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Though Rod's rich and snobbish family believes Abby to be a gold digger, she is in fact anything but and expects Rod to earn his living by hard work after they marry.

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"I used to have this sort of snobbish attitude toward 'Made in the U.S.A., ' " said Mr. Azzuolo.

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