Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective New and different, often fashionably so.
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- adjective
New ,fashionable .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To them Palin is a pawn and not even worth the title nouveau riche.
Capitol Hill Blue Hal Brown 2010
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Beaujolais nouveau is little more than a French prank that the Japanese have fallen for hook, line and sinker.
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Beaujolais nouveau is little more than a French prank that the Japanese have fallen for hook, line and sinker.
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Beaujolais nouveau is little more than a French prank that the Japanese have fallen for hook, line and sinker.
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His father, of humble origin, could accurately be described as a nouveau riche.
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His father, of humble origin, could accurately be described as a nouveau riche.
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The bit I am sitting in is full of what I would call nouveau foot ball fans - remember the Fast Show sketch?
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They used to be called nouveau riche, then yuppies, then something else - yet now they are so prevalent, what do you call them?
KIDS! Terry Nelson 2006
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They used to be called nouveau riche, then yuppies, then something else - yet now they are so prevalent, what do you call them?
Archive 2006-04-23 Terry Nelson 2006
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It was he who called the nouveau-riche women of Boca the "Bocahontases" in his popular Sun-Sentinel column while he was still living in West Palm Beach.
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