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
In 1992 Manchester City was owned by the Football Association nabob and hi-fi entrepreneur Peter Swales.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2017
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
"You must get acquainted," said the gracious young nabob.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lawrence L. Lynch
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