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new rich
noun as in nouveau riche
Example Sentences
Hoping to capture the attention of both established collectors and new-rich ones from places like the Middle East, Russia and Asia, Christie's had marshaled its international connections, pulling in exceptionally strong artworks for an evening auction like few others London has seen.
One of the notable blackguards in fiction is Colonel Stapleton; and the Poodle and the new-rich Helbecksteins—a complete picture-gallery may be found in these interesting novels.
The "new-rich" have no other way of bringing themselves into notice and contempt.
It must be an awful thing to try to regulate one's behaviour by a book on etiquette, and, but for his bound and hide, the torture of the new-rich Australian with a family would be worse than vivisection.
Among the highest types of American manhood to-day a large majority are the new-rich men.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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