ˈmoney-grubber
[See grubber 3.]
= prec.
| 1840 Bentley's Miscellany VIII. 449 The money-grubber, pent up in a close city. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles xxxii. 333 And so, they've turned you over..to the old money-grubber. 1862 Thornbury Turner II. 258 Was this..the mere money-grubber and sordid Harpagon? 1932 A. Huxley Lett. (1969) 361 It's terrifying what can be done by people who have a monopoly of means of propaganda—private money-grubbers. |
So ˈmoney-grubbing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair xx, The whole pack of money-grubbing vulgarians. 1870 Disraeli Lothair xxxii, They have become absorbed in money-grubbing and what they call industry. |