nouveau richeadjective
uk/ˌnuː.vəʊ ˈriːʃ/us/ˌnuː.voʊ ˈriːʃ/disapprovingNouveau riche people are people from a low social class who have recently become very rich and like to show this publicly by spending a lot of money.
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Rich and wealthy
- bazillionaire
- be rolling in it idiom
- born
- clover
- comfort
- deep
- deep pockets idiom
- easy
- feather
- feather your own nest idiom
- flush
- landowner
- live high on/off the hog idiom
- live off the fat of the land idiom
- on easy street idiom
- privilege
- rags-to-riches
- roll
- stinking
- strike
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the nouveau riche
noun [ plural ] ukus
The restaurant is popular with the city's nouveau riche.