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moneygrubber

[ muhn-ee-gruhb-er ]

/ ˈmʌn iˌgrʌb ər /

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noun Informal.

a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.

Origin of moneygrubber

1830–40; money + grubber

OTHER WORDS FROM moneygrubber

mon·ey·grub·bing, adjective, noun

Words nearby moneygrubber

moneybag, moneybags, moneychanger, moneyed, moneyer, moneygrubber, moneylender, moneymaker, moneymaking, moneyman, moneyspinning

Example sentences from the Web for money-grubbing

Garrick was accused of money-grubbing, and his weakness in that respect was the subject of more than one smart jest by Foote.

By-ways in Book-land |William Davenport Adams
It is no scandal to say that money-grubbing in the dale is proverbial.

A Month in Yorkshire |Walter White
They have become absorbed in money-grubbing and what they call industry.

Lothair |Benjamin Disraeli
Do interpose a little ease and recreation amid the money-grubbing which confines you to the town.

Horace |William Tuckwell

Thus the controversy is conducted by those who generally think that commerce is superior to Greek, money-grubbing to good manners.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton |Patrick Braybrooke

British Dictionary definitions for money-grubbing

money-grubbing

adjective

informal seeking greedily to obtain money at every opportunity

Derived forms of money-grubbing

money-grubber, noun