self-madeadjective
uk/ˌselfˈmeɪd/us/ˌselfˈmeɪd/C2 rich and successful as a result of your own work and not because of family money:
a self-made man/millionaire
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Rich and wealthy
- bazillionaire
- be rolling in it idiom
- born
- clover
- deep
- deep pockets idiom
- easy
- fat
- feather
- feather your own nest idiom
- flush
- landed
- landowner
- live high on/off the hog idiom
- live off the fat of the land idiom
- privilege
- rags-to-riches
- roll
- stinking
- strike
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