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moneygrubber

[muhn-ee-gruhb-er]

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noun Informal.

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

Origin of moneygrubber

1830–40; money + grubber

Related formsmon·ey·grub·bing, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for money-grubber

Historical Examples of money-grubber

The Provençal was a rusé, an intrigant, and a money-grubber in his old age, and proved his plebeian ancestry.
Unicorns
James Huneker
In Balzac are found the two contradictory traits of the money-grubber and the spendthrift.
An Englishman in Paris
Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam