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money-monger

money-monger is the alternative form of moneymonger.

Meaning of moneymonger

Noun

moneymonger (plural moneymongers)

  1. A moneylender; a usurer.
    • Marion said they ought to let the sitting room and it would pay half the rent. She wasn't going to slip back into poverty again and be hounded day in and out by lecherous moneymongers. Sebastian volunteered putting in the ad, on condition that they rent to a Catholic.1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, France, published 1955 (France), page 142

Forms of money-monger

pluralmoney-mongers

Questions about money-monger

What is money-monger the alternative form of?
Money-monger is the alternative form of moneymonger.

Words near money-monger in the dictionary

  1. money-maker
  2. money-makers
  3. money-making
  4. money-makings
  5. money-market fund
  6. money-monger
  7. money-mongers
  8. money-ridden
  9. money-spinner
  10. money-spinners
  11. money-spinning

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