nabob
Example Sentences
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This doesn’t sound like a con artist or a relentlessly negative nabob.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2021
In the words of the inimitable Spiro Agnew, Mr. Reilly, you are a “nattering nabob of negativism.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2018
The building was constructed precisely to overawe foreigners, and it is difficult not to feel small beneath the 10ft-tall painting of an Indian nabob that Lord Carrington had hung on the wall.
From BBC ● May 14, 2013
The nabob was "a controversial new species of grandee who made his fortune in India and returned home to enjoy his treasure".
From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2013
Her ancestor was a hog-stealer and a hobo; but Beanblossom's ancestor was a Governor and a nabob from way back.
From The Postmaster by Joseph C. Lincoln
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