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单词 old money
释义
old moneyˈold ˌmoney noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Most members of the Cleveland Country Club come from old money.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Everywhere in public life, old families, old money and titles have been in decline, while business has advanced.
  • He believes that old money is better than new money.
  • That pleased the smart set, but secretly the old money decided it was a bit tacky.
  • The preferred drug of old money, and, by extension, of the nouveau mob.
  • We witnessed Florida new and old money giving a new meaning to dressing up.
  • What fosters the Terrells' sizable contributions to public life is money, old money and vast money.
people who come from families that have had a lot of money for a long time, which gives them a high social position:  He invited both the smart set and Perth’s old money.
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