newly-rich
Example Sentences
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The krone, dropping dizzily, turned today's newly-rich bourgeois into tomorrow's bankrupt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Behold him in The Vortex, his first writing-acting success, backed by newly-rich Michael Arlen.
From Time Magazine Archive
News for the Bishop A newly-rich woman, who was anxious to make a favorable impression in her neighborhood, decided to show her collection of antiques to the Bishop when he called.
From Good Stories from the Ladies' Home Journal by Various
"Patronized by old, blue-blooded families, who pretend to have a horror of the newly-rich."
From Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son by Garis, Howard R.
The "Beau Monde" might have been described as a magazine for the standardizing of the newly-rich.
From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton
