Purse-proud

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Purse´-proud`

Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.

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purse-proud - proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction)

proud - feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"

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Cobbing			are no mean assemblage: many will be glad to have so much in one instructor; and this time, you shall try your fortune in a somewhat higher family in that of some genuine, thoroughbred gentleman; for such are far more likely to treat you with proper respect and consideration than those purse-proud tradespeople and arrogant upstarts. Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context I mean a purse-proud villain in Russell Square, whom I knew without a shilling, and whom I pray and hope to see a beggar as he was when I befriended him. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context Do you suppose, young man, that I don't know what little purse-proud tradesmen are, when, through some fortunate circumstances, they get the upper hand for a brief day--or think they get the upper hand--of a gentleman? The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context			Purpresture Purprise purpura purpura hemorrhagica Purpurate purpure Purpureal Purpureo- Purpuric purpurin Purpuriparous Purpurogenous purr Purre Purree Purrock purse purse crab Purse net Purse pride Purse rat purse seine purse snatcher purse string purse strings Purse-proud purse-string operation Purseful purser Purser's name Pursership Purset Pursiness Pursive Pursiveness Purslain purslane purslane family purslane speedwell Purslane tree Pursuable Pursual pursuance pursuant pursue pursued pursuer Pursuing pursuit pursuit plane pursuivant			PURS PURS PURS PURS purse purse purse purse purse crab purse crab Purse Hating Husband Purse net purse nets Purse pride Purse rat purse seine purse seine purse seiner purse seiner purse seiners purse seines purse seines purse seining purse seining purse snatcher Purse Snatching Purse State Park purse string purse strings purse up Purse-proud purse-seiner purse-seiner purse-seiners purse-seiners purse-string instrument purse-string operation purse-string suture purse-string suture purse-string suture purse-string suture (3) purse-string suture (3) purse-string suture (3) pursed pursed pursed Pursed Lip Breathing pursed lips breathing pursed-lip breathing pursed-lip breathing pursed-lip breathing pursed-lip breathing Purseful purselike purselike purselike purser purser purser Purser's name pursers

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