Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is intent on or preoccupied with accumulating money.
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- noun An
avaricious person
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking
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Examples
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And then a moneygrubber like you gets to spend all of it, everything that's mine.
Old Gold Chris Okum 2011
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Your review quotes Rich Cohen saying that the name Goldfein means “moneygrubber”.
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You think you need to be jewish to know calling a person of jewish descendent a moneygrubber is offensive or calling a chinese person slanty eyes is offensive.
Hillary Supporter Andrew Cuomo On Her NH Win: "You Can't Shuck And Jive" w/Press Corps 2009
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Your review quotes Rich Cohen saying that the name Goldfein means “moneygrubber”.
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What a moneygrubber and dont forget the ambulance chasing lawyers
Ungrateful Bastard Sues BA Push Jelly 2008
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So, like all true Republics, Don Young, perhaps best known for his "Bridge to Nowhere 2: Electric Boogaloo" boondoggle, is a corrupt moneygrubber.
Archive 2007-06-03 Sinfonian 2007
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So, like all true Republics, Don Young, perhaps best known for his "Bridge to Nowhere 2: Electric Boogaloo" boondoggle, is a corrupt moneygrubber.
Alaska congressman ♥s Florida Sinfonian 2007
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A cynical observer of American politics might argue that it makes little difference whether George Bush is a puppet, zealot, moneygrubber, or tyrant; the consequences are all equally bad.
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A cynical observer of American politics might argue that it makes little difference whether George Bush is a puppet, zealot, moneygrubber, or tyrant; the consequences are all equally bad.
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Else you would be seen as nothing more than some moneygrubber.
jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2002
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