moneygrubber
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moneygrubber — moneygrubbing, adj., n. /mun ee grub euhr/, n. Informal. a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money. [1830 40; MONEY + GRUBBER] * * * … Universalium
moneygrubber — mon•ey•grub•ber [[t]ˈmʌn iˌgrʌb ər[/t]] n. cvb inf a person who is preoccupied with making money • Etymology: 1830–40 mon′ey•grub bing, adj. n … From formal English to slang
moneygrubber — noun someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking • Hypernyms: ↑moneymaker * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a person bent on accumulating money * * * moneygrubbing, adj., n. /mun ee grub euhr/, n. Informal. a person who is aggressively… … Useful english dictionary
Uncle Scrooge — This article is about a comic book. For information on the character, see Scrooge McDuck. Uncle Scrooge is a comic book with the moneygrubber Scrooge McDuck the richest duck in the world as the main character. The series also featured Donald Duck … Wikipedia
Urinetown — Original Cast Recording Music Mark Hollmann Lyrics Mark Hollmann Greg Kotis … Wikipedia
moneygrubbing — See moneygrubber. * * * … Universalium
moneygrabbing — mon|ey|grab|bing [ˈmʌnigræbıŋ] adj also mon|ey|grub|bing [ˈmʌnigrʌbıŋ] [only before noun] informal determined to get a lot of money, even by unfair or dishonest methods ▪ people who are exploited by moneygrabbing employers >moneygrabber,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
moneygrabbing — also moneygrubbing adjective (only before noun) informal determined to get money, even by unfair or dishonest methods moneygrabber, moneygrubber noun (C) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
churl — n 1. rustic, peasant, provincial, country cousin, countryman, hobnail; farmer, plowman, plow boy, chuff, swain, gaffer, kern, son or tiller of the soil, (in Egypt) fellah, (in Russia) muszhik or moujik, (in Spanish America and Southwestern U.S.)… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
miser — [n] person who hoards money, possessions cheapskate*, churl, harpy*, hoarder, moneygrubber*, penny pincher*, pinchfist*, pinchpenny*, Scrooge*, stiff*, tightwad*; concepts 348,412,423 Ant. spender, spendthrift, waster, wastrel … New thesaurus
