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БЕЛАЯ КОСТЬ obs NP sing only, but may refer to one or more persons fixed WO

(a person or persons) of distinguished lineage, (a member or members) of a high social or privileged group

blue blood(s)

(as modif ) blue-blooded (in refer, to a group only) the cream of society ( contemp. usage, said sarcastically) first-class citizen(s) (in limited contexts) bigwig(s).

«Мы казаки, белая кость, а ты гужеед, скотина, тебе навоз копать» (Трифонов 6). "We're Cossacks, blue bloods, and you're damned coachmen, you swine, your place is digging manure" (6a).

«Мы с тобой в этой халупе вдвох ( ungrammat = вдвоем) обитаем, белая кость там, - он кивнул в окно, - в особняке живет» (Максимов 1). "You and I will live in this hovel together while the bigwigs are over there in the big house," he nodded out of the window (1a).