nabob
Example Sentences
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This oilman here was not a nabob like Doheny, but his L.A. oil scandal was going on at the same time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
This doesn’t sound like a con artist or a relentlessly negative nabob.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2021
Jaffrey starred in his first major Indian film two years later, appearing as a chess-obsessed nabob in The Chess Players, which also featured Richard Attenborough as a British general.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2015
The nabob was "a controversial new species of grandee who made his fortune in India and returned home to enjoy his treasure".
From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2013
When I began to wonder whether I was a nabob travelling in a private car, or a tramp looking for a supper, that made me laugh.
From Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 by Various
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