pecunious
Example Sentences
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No other country has so many newly pecunious consumers clamouring for stuff.
From Economist ● Mar. 8, 2012
Not that she's had much experience of limos: her life has not been a pecunious one.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2010
Sheveled and couth and kempt, pecunious, ane; His image trudes upon the ceptive brain.
From Time Magazine Archive
Munich's gala atmosphere has also drawn an older, more pecunious group: the international set, complete with titled leaders.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the victim, however, is manifestly pecunious, the remedy employed in the treatment is correspondingly expensive.
From Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. by William F. Howe
