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Even if it has been brought down to belonging to a family of nouveaux-pauvres, who are neither fish, fowl, nor good red herring.

From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver

We had a class in common, the class of the nouveaux-pauvres!

From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver

But the general effect was marred by the element of the nouveaux-riches and nouveaux-pauvres which was prominent, if not predominant.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph

The nouveaux-pauvres far outnumber the nouveaux-riches; but these former seem to go into hiding.

From With Those Who Wait by Huard, Frances Wilson