Example Sentences

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And, I can tell you, the French don't suffer nouveaux-riches imbeciles easily.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2010

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

Alas, there are embusqu�s in all countries, just as there are nouveaux-riches.

From With Those Who Wait by Huard, Frances Wilson

The nouveaux-riches of the ancient and the modern world cannot find it easy to separate themselves from their traditions nor are they wont to put up with their plainness, hence the fancy trimmings.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

One of the ring, a clerk with a petty salary, a base creature, spends more on carriages, horses, and harness than a foppish and reckless young member of the nouveaux-riches would spend in France.

From The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars by Wrong, George McKinnon