newly-rich
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Behold him in The Vortex, his first writing-acting success, backed by newly-rich Michael Arlen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The krone, dropping dizzily, turned today's newly-rich bourgeois into tomorrow's bankrupt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Strutting along, supported by his fine clothes, and the consciousness of doing the right thing in the right way, the newly-rich man walked up the path to Young's house and ascended the steps quietly.
From The Secret of the Storm Country by Hitchcock, Lucius W.
It was only four miles from there to the huge, rather neglected estate, built in boom times by some newly-rich promoter, and dubbed by Mercer "The Monstrosity."
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Bates, Harry
Both of them bore corroded bronze plates, “The Billows,” the name given The Monstrosity by the original owner, a newly-rich munitions manufacturer.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Bates, Harry
