moneygrubber

[muhn-ee-gruhb-er] /ˈmʌn iˌgrʌb ər/

noun, Informal.

a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.

Origin of moneygrubber

1830-1840

1830-40; money + grubber

Related forms

moneygrubbing, adjective, noun

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Historical Examples

The Provençal was a rusé, an intrigant, and a money-grubber in his old age, and proved his plebeian ancestry.

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In Balzac are found the two contradictory traits of the money-grubber and the spendthrift.

An Englishman in Paris
Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam

Contemporary definitions for money-grubber

noun

a stingy person; also written money grubber

Examples

He refuses to go to anything but matinees because he is such a money grubber.

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