moneygrubber
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- moneygrubbing adjective
Etymology
Origin of moneygrubber
1830–40; money + grubber ( def. )
Example Sentences
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"I'll tell you exactly what kind — a man who cares about no one but himself. A small, insecure moneygrubber who doesn't care who gets hurt."
From US News • May 24, 2016
The letters, says Russell, who plans to detail them in an American Heritage magazine article, portray Harding as a devout lover and Mrs. Phillips as something of a moneygrubber.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her second, an insolvent playboy, blandly accepts her money, calls himself her gigolo, sneers over her with her daughter Veda as a working woman, a moneygrubber, a "varlet."
From Time Magazine Archive
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