new rich

Example Sentences

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It will cast the first income-tax cloud over many a new-rich war worker: an estimated 49,000,000 persons will have to pay it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jackson himself, says Author Schlesinger, was naturally courteous, but the new-rich were afraid that mere courtesy was not enough.

From Time Magazine Archive

The new-rich poor are prompt payers anyway, and have more cash than ever before.

From Time Magazine Archive

There the name vaguely connotes new-rich wealth, a reputation for eccentricity, and an ardor for collecting art.

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But the lands had to be sold, and the new-rich came from the cities and replaced the aristocracy of the countryside.

From Stand Up, Ye Dead by Maclean, Norman