单词 | money-grub |
释义 | money-grubn. 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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