fat cat

Example Sentences

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But she’s practical; she’ll do what it takes to survive in a world of gross inequality, where Hades is an industrial fat cat and artists and workers are largely servile.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2022

Amid this, we follow many lives, including two brothers looking for work, a showgirl, a villainous spy, a conscienceless fat cat and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, labor organizer, feminist and, later, a founder of the ACLU.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2021

But together with government documents, the picture they paint of Jones and Williams suggests a leadership that has at times aspired more to the role of fat cat than defender of workers.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2019

But Mr Fankhauser defended the £8.3m he has been paid since November 2014, and denied he was a "fat cat".

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2019

We watched as Cheddar hit the parking lot running, and in moments the fat cat had disappeared.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan