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upper

2 noun
     
upper
Related topics: Clothes
upper2 [countable]
1DCC the top part of a shoe that covers your foot:
leather uppers
2

uppers

[plural] informalMDD illegal drugs that make you feel happy and give you a lot of energy [= amphetamines]
3

be on your uppers

British English old-fashioned to have very little money
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