bankerish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of bankerish
Example Sentences
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Among them, you’ll find the bankerish Alexandre Cabanel, Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran playing an organ and Jean Léon Gérôme at the easel.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2015
Andre Tardieu, 63, the baldish, bankerish French statesman whose countrymen used to call him "I'Americain" for his bustle and bluntness, lay gravely ill last week at Menton after a nervous breakdown.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his high silk hat, in his bankerish tailcoat, Labor Party Leader Arthur Henderson looks neither savage nor Socialist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once the agent in Colombia of Dillon, Read & Co., suave, bankerish Dr. Alfonso Lopez was last week inaugurated President while a mob of 50,000 jammed Bogota's Plaza Bolivar and roared themselves hoarse.
From Time Magazine Archive
They keep the most bankerish of bankers' hours, charge high rates for their services, and send their customers statements only once every three months.
From Time Magazine Archive
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