money bag
See also: moneybag
English
Alternative forms
- moneybag
Noun
money bag (plural money bags)
- A bag, normally with a drawstring, used for holding money.
- (in the plural) A wealthy person.
- 1820, John Keats, "Isabell; or, The Pot of Basil", XVIII:
- How could these money-bags see east and west?—
- Yet so they did—and every dealer fair
- Must see behind, as doth the hunted hare.
- 1820, John Keats, "Isabell; or, The Pot of Basil", XVIII:
Translations
bag used for holding money
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wealthy person
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Further reading
- Moneybags on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- bogey man, bogeyman