money-grubbing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.38 in modern English

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"Nor will you think this ſtrange, when I tell you, that, take him out of his rote of official buſtle, and the jargon of Change-alley, he had not an idea beyond that money-grubbing ſphere, and was ſcarce not a born ideot, with a head as contracted as his heart[.]"

From money and grub (“to search for by digging in soil or dirt”).

more money-grubbing (comparative) most money-grubbing (superlative) moneygrubbing (alternative) money-grabbing (alternative)

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