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money-grabbing

money-grabbing adjective: eggcorn of money-grubbing.

Adjective

money-grabbing (comparative more money-grabbing, superlative most money-grabbing)

  1. Eggcorn of money-grubbing.
    • The course is an excellent one, and before these money grabbing times set in some of the fastest horses in the colony were brought down here[.]1856 October 11, Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer, Sydney, page 2, column 5

Forms of money-grabbing

comparativemore money-grabbing
superlativemost money-grabbing

Questions about money-grabbing

What does money-grabbing mean?
Money-grabbing means eggcorn of money-grubbing.
What part of speech is money-grabbing?
Money-grabbing is an adjective.

Words near money-grabbing in the dictionary

  1. money's worth
  2. money-box
  3. money-boxes
  4. money-changer
  5. money-changers
  6. money-grabbing
  7. money-grubber
  8. money-grubbers
  9. money-grubbing
  10. money-guard
  11. money-guards

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