filthy lucre

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noun

money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.

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Origin of filthy lucre

First recorded in 1520–30

Words nearby filthy lucre

filter press, filter pump, filter tip, filth, filthy, filthy lucre, filtrable, filtrate, filtration, filum, fimble

How to use filthy lucre in a sentence

At this point in his life, Denton has enough filthy lucre in his bank account to affect a certain lack of interest in the stuff.
The Gospel According to Nick Denton—What Next For The Gawker Founder?|Lloyd Grove|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Let us no longer cheat our consciences by talking of filthy lucre.
A Window in Thrums|J. M. Barrie
Who made unfair use of government information to speculate in the funds for the sake of "filthy lucre?"
Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2)|Lady Anne Hamilton
We are less lucky in that respect; we have to cast our pearls before swine too often, and all for the sake of filthy lucre.'
Babylon, Volume 2 (of 3)|Grant Allen

You are all after the filthy lucre, wantin' to live on other folks.'
The Book of the Bush|George Dunderdale
Gid-up might hesitate or refuse to supply or manufacture information for filthy lucre, but Gee-gee was known to be ambitious.
Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham

Other Idioms and Phrases with filthy lucre

filthy lucre

Money; originally, money obtained dishonestly. For example, She didn't like the job but loved the filthy lucre in the form of her weekly paycheck. This term comes from the Bible (Titus 1:11), where it refers to those who teach wrongly for the sake of money. In time it came to be used loosely, and usually jokingly, for money in general, and in the mid-1900s gave rise to the jocular slang term the filthy for “money.” Although both versions may be dying out, the expression filthy rich, for “extremely wealthy,” survives.