nouveaux riches
- plural of nouveau riche.
Example Sentences
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Her feat is the more remarkable in an environment “where the majority of nouveaux riches worshipped Western luxury brands.”
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016
Trailing behind the politically influential is a much larger—and younger—class of nouveaux riches, which includes Matie.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 18, 2014
“You have nouveaux riches that want to show their status, and the first step is to have a canvas bag with the original ‘GG.’”
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2012
In doing so, he imbued those products with an elitist quality and made them must-have items, especially among the rising ranks of the world’s nouveaux riches.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2011
Edward Parrish was typical of these Durham nouveaux riches.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
