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Meanings of nouveau riche in English
Wealthy person whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who is therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.
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Usage of nouveau riche in English
1
Competitors feel nouveau riche by comparison, trying too hard to fit in.
2
The table groaned, as it was supposed to, with nouveau riche abundance.
3
And like all the nouveau riche, he went on a giddy splurge.
4
He had spent the go-go eighties hanging out with nouveau riche celebrities.
5
The nouveau riche were once disparaged by those who had inherited their money.
6
He's the type of nouveau riche who thinks money's for show.
7
Some Mozart can make Beethoven sound like a nouveau riche.
8
Either way, making a ton of money off the nouveau riche is an easy call.
9
A century ago, the nouveau riche were disparaged by those who had inherited their money.
10
The nouveau riche are invading all the old neighborhoods.
11
It stands as a monument to the crassness and nouveau riche aspirations of today's Irish society.
12
Pine forests are being plundered as Russia's nouveau riche build turreted mansions for weekend country living.
13
Warsaw is packed full of Poland's nouveau riche, who work very hard and play even harder.
14
Though rugged, he was not uncouth, and there was nothing of the nouveau riche about him.
15
Valmorain avoided any ostentation in decorating the house, for that was a sign of being nouveau riche.
16
The house was evidently of the " nouveau riche" type.
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