moneyed man

Example Sentences

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But though the latter is the moneyed man, and has supplied most of the cash to start with, he does not show in the transaction.

From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne

And she is not always over-careful to add, And may I fall in love with that moneyed man!

From Hints for Lovers by Haultain, T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold)

"He seems the only moneyed man amongst you all," she added with a laugh, which grated most unpleasantly on Richard's ear.

From The Nest of the Sparrowhawk by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

Then, argued the moneyed man, he would not run away from her but that his wound was deep.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various

I think it was on the third day after the rush that Brown, who was the only moneyed man among us, first expressed his full belief in the mine.

From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)