pecunious

Example Sentences

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No other country has so many newly pecunious consumers clamouring for stuff.

From Economist • Mar. 8, 2012

Not that she's had much experience of limos: her life has not been a pecunious one.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2010

Munich's gala atmosphere has also drawn an older, more pecunious group: the international set, complete with titled leaders.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sheveled and couth and kempt, pecunious, ane; His image trudes upon the ceptive brain.

From Time Magazine Archive

And so it was, the cheerful blonde Lived on in joy and bliss, And grew pecunious, beyond The dreams of avarice!

From Grimm Tales Made Gay by Levering, Albert