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filthy lucre in American Englishnounmoney to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre Examples of 'filthy lucre' in a sentencefilthy lucre Filthy lucre is so cumbersome, so last century, darling.Ah, the sacrifices we make to our principles for filthy lucre, eh?Filthy lucre was in the ascendant and its lure was contagious.I had him down as an intelligent soul, not a scrabbler for filthy lucre, but that's western capitalism for you.Are we really devils incarnate, chasing filthy lucre and ignoring the rubbish scattered around our precious investments?The standard response from ethicists is that kidneys, like life itself, are too important to involve filthy lucre.Do our clubs and players and agents really need more filthy lucre and isn't it awfully gaudy? |