woman of means
Example Sentences
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If you, like me, are a connoisseur of ridiculous how-to TV, said pastime fits the profile of a woman of means with a backyard chicken coop and a Viking range.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
For a woman like Claire Korman, drawers full of clothing made by Lanz of Salzburg, and purchased at Jewel Park, connote a woman of means, wealth and taste.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2014
Why would a woman of means associate with beggars?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2012
Obviously if I were a woman of means, I’d enjoy being in a resort community in very nice clothing.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2010
As long as The Spread Eagle paid her a dollar a column for her ‘rubbish’, as she called it, Jo felt herself a woman of means, and spun her little romances diligently.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
