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old money
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old money
(noun)
old money
noun
old money
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of OLD MONEY
[
noncount
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:
people whose families have been rich for a long time
He comes from
old money
.
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— old money
adjective
an
old money
family/neighborhood
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