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filthy rich

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filthy rich 
1. Fig. very wealthy. I wouldn't mind being filthy rich. There are too many filthy rich people now.
2. Fig. people who are very wealthy. The filthy rich can afford that kind of thing, but I can't. I sort of feel sorry for the filthy rich.
See also: filthy, rich

filthy/stinking rich  (informal)
extremely rich Most of us are stinking rich compared to the average citizen in the Third World. Palm Beach has the highest concentration of filthy rich folk in the world.
See also: filthy, rich


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Byline: Kevin Maguire PETER Mandelson's gone from being intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich to relaxing regularly with the filthy rich.
According to pals, Gazza, 41, has signed up to mirror the life of a tramp in a celebrity version of BBC3 reality show Filthy Rich And Homeless.
95 Hardcover TK140 When Edison (1847-1931) had become a world-famous inventor and filthy rich to boot, he bought an estate in southwest Florida, Seminole Lodge, where he and his family spent winters.
 
 
 
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