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Purse-proud

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Purse´-proud`
a.1.Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
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Adj.1.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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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
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