money-grubber
- a word derived from money-grubbing.
Example Sentences
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He has been called a liar, a loser and a money-grubber in court.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
Grandma Nora encourages Ray to search for PopPop’s instrument in her attic despite the jeers of Ray’s mother, a Dickensian money-grubber who wants him to quit his “foolishness,” get his GED and work at Popeyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
The most troubling thing about “Anonymous” is not that it turns Shakespeare into an illiterate money-grubber.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2011
His neighbours also said he was a money-grubber; a mere tradesman, but withal a proud and even prosperous man.
From The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Clynton, Richard
"I ain't a money-grubber," she hastened to assure me; "I was only explaining to you."
From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Franklin, Miles
