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).

单词	money-grub
释义	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). < n.1768
随便看	to be no starter to be no stranger to be no substitute for to be no way but one to be no worse than one's word to be nobody's business to be nobody's enemy but one's own to be none of a person's business to be not as green as one is cabbage-looking to be not as green as one is cabbagelooking to be not doing for one's health to be not doing something for one's health to be not nought to charge to be not to charge to be not to know to be nothing to to be nought to be nowhere to be nowt o'clock to be nuts on to be nuts upon to be obliged to be obumbred to to be occasionally on two in (also of several minds, etc) to be occasionally on two in twenty minds several minds, etc)