nabob

Example Sentences

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This oilman here was not a nabob like Doheny, but his L.A. oil scandal was going on at the same time.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

This doesn’t sound like a con artist or a relentlessly negative nabob.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2021

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

Temperate in other habits, he played like a nabob.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh