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单词 money-grub
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money-grubn.

Brit. /ˈmʌnɪɡrʌb/, U.S. /ˈməniˌɡrəb/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., grub n.
Etymology: Apparently < money n. + grub n. (compare sense 2c; used punningly on grub n. in e.g. quot. 1872). Compare later money-grubber n.
Now rare.
= money-grubber n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > one who wants or acquires money > specific desirously or avariciously
pick-penny1440
scraper1561
grubber1578
coin-cormorant1594
purse-leech1605
purse-emptier1611
pouch-penny1629
purse-sucker1671
gruba1681
money-grub1768
money-grubber1825
scratch-penny1835
get-rich-quicker1914
1768 Woman of Honor III. 235 Vanity is seen capable of erecting the very dirtiest money-grubs into Peers.
1839 Bentley's Misc. Mar. 272 He was not of the race of money-grubs.
1859 J. S. Knowles Old Maids i. ii. 291 Here I will not stay To play the money-grub.
1861 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange xv. 128 He has been chosen as the most conspicuous Grub among the Moneygrubs of his borough.
1872 Harper's Mag. Aug. 400/1 The money-grub he had treasured so long was bursting out a gleaming, gorgeous butterfly.
1923 J. Campbell Diary 7 Dec. in As I was among Captives (2001) 118 ‘He looks very dreamy-looking’, said a..prisoner... ‘There's no better businessman than Yeats. A regular moneygrub.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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