parvenu
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Parvenus may pass with ease With these gauds to heights the leal Buy with brain or stainless steel.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
Parvenus are not always pushing and self-seeking, nor do they invariably throw down the ladder by which they have climbed.
From Love, the Fiddler by Osbourne, Lloyd
Parvenus try it in vain, they always betray themselves.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels by Hawthorne, Julian
The Hon. Mrs. Higgins was a picturesque woman, and a fluent talker, and she held a tolerably high station among the Parvenus.
From The Gilded Age, Part 4. by Warner, Charles Dudley
Vocabulary lists containing parvenu
English Words Derived from French, List 7
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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