silver spoon

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silver spoon

Inherited wealth.

[From the phrase born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, wealthy from birth.]

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silver spoon - the inherited wealth of established upper-class families; "he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth"; "she is the daughter of old money from Massachusetts"

old money

inherited wealth - wealth that is inherited rather than earned

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