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nouveau riche
noun as in newly rich
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Then the international monetary boom and its immediate effects on China transformed the middle class into the nouveau riche.
And Jack come home from a long cruise, with prize-money in his pockets, was as ostentatious as any nouveau riche.
He really is a typical nouveau riche out of a novel (not one of your novels, darling).
"It looks rather—rather nouveau riche," said Clara, surveying the result.
One dozen bonbon dishes, five nouveau riche sugar shakers (we never use them), three muffineers—in heaven's name, what's that?
A case of nouveau riche retaining their old habits while their palace was being built.
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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nouveau riche, such as: arriviste, newly-rich, new money, new rich, nouveau arrive, and nouveau roturier.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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