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ˈpurse-proud, a.
Proud of wealth; puffed up on account of one's wealth.
1681Hickeringill Black Non-Conf. b, Having great Interest, and great Power, and withal, Purse-proud. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesman xliii. (1841) II. 149, I think a purseproud tradesman one of the most troublesome and intolerable of all Men. 1781Cowper Hope 18 The rich grow poor, the poor become purse-proud. 1838Lytton Alice iii. ii, I..could live happy in a garret, if this purse⁓proud England would but allow one to exist within one's income. 1930L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 1st Ser. v. 113 He was not in the least purse-proud or pompous, but always modest and unassuming. 1967Guardian 27 June 8/3 One of Britain's biggest manufacturers of swimming pools..claims to have captured 40 per cent of a purse-proud market. |