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[ purs-proud ] / ˈpɜrsˌpraʊd /
adjectiveproud of one's wealth, especially in an arrogant or showy manner. Origin of purse-proudFirst recorded in 1675–85 Words nearby purse-proudpurr, purree, purse, purse crab, pursed lips breathing, purse-proud, purser, purse seine, purse-string instrument, purse strings, purse-string suture Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for purse-proudThough, purse-proud with your riches, you strut along, yet fortune does not alter your birth. The Works of Horace|Horace Sometimes it was a snobbish, purse-proud class, as in the case of the present juniors. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days|Nell Speed One trapper named Jones was so successful at this business of trapping seals with the net that he became "purse-proud." Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North|Fullerton Waldo And this does not look very well in one who, when he was poor, was particularly bitter on "a purse-proud aristocracy."
Let us hope, in all charity, that purse-proud bounder and the barmaid married, and lived happily ever after. The Old Inns of Old England, Volume II (of 2)|Charles G. Harper
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