fat cat

Example Sentences

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But she’s practical; she’ll do what it takes to survive in a world of gross inequality, where Hades is an industrial fat cat and artists and workers are largely servile.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2022

"It is not a fat cat scheme for people at the top of the business," boss John Roberts told the BBC's Today Programme.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2020

“I became a fat cat, not as hungry as I was years ago.”

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2017

Then she came back with her Winnebago, her skinny dog, Jasmine, and her surprisingly fat cat, Gimly.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2017

“And you say this fat cat travlin around with his momma?”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole