woman of means
Example Sentences
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She's also clearly a woman of means and leisure; as one housekeeper points out, she's too busy earning her keep to write about other people's lives.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2020
Living in a boardinghouse, working part time as a governess, earning a dollar a column for her “‘rubbish,’ as she called it, Jo felt herself a woman of means, and spun her little romances diligently.”
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2019
For a woman like Claire Korman, drawers full of clothing made by Lanz of Salzburg, and purchased at Jewel Park, connote a woman of means, wealth and taste.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2014
Why would a woman of means associate with beggars?
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012
As long as The Spread Eagle paid her a dollar a column for her ‘rubbish’, as she called it, Jo felt herself a woman of means, and spun her little romances diligently.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
