moneyed man
Example Sentences
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"He seems the only moneyed man amongst you all," she added with a laugh, which grated most unpleasantly on Richard's ear.
From The Nest of the Sparrowhawk by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
I interested a moneyed man in the thing and we went together to Washington, where we soon found the right man to get the machine adopted.
From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre
But though the latter is the moneyed man, and has supplied most of the cash to start with, he does not show in the transaction.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
If I’d been a moneyed man wi’out compulsion to work, then I’d have been free to say ‘No,’ an’ no harm done.
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
The large moneyed man, for evident economical reasons, buys in commercial centres—in cities—but the small purchaser must needs buy in the nearest market.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
