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poor little rich girl

poor little rich girl noun: an unhappy young woman from a wealthy background.

Noun

poor little rich girl (plural poor little rich girls)

  1. (idiomatic) An unhappy young woman from a wealthy background.
    • One is a cheerful and spunky orphan, another is a poor little rich girl. (The poor little rich girl speaks with a British accent. The spunky orphan wears her baseball cap backwards, so you don't have a problem figuring out who's who.)2003, Svetlana Boym, Ninochka, page 172
    • Not all of the girls in my Guide Company were poor little rich girls. Mandy was a poor little poor girl, a mousy waif who lived out Thika Road, far from Muthaiga.2006, Dorothy Stephens, Kwa Heri Means Goodbye: Memories of Kenya 1957-1959, page 96

Forms of poor little rich girl

pluralpoor little rich girls

Questions about poor little rich girl

What does poor little rich girl mean?
Poor little rich girl means an unhappy young woman from a wealthy background.
What part of speech is poor little rich girl?
Poor little rich girl is a noun.
What is the plural of poor little rich girl?
The plural of poor little rich girl is poor little rich girls.

Words near poor little rich girl in the dictionary

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  3. poor little meow meows
  4. poor little rich boy
  5. poor little rich boys
  6. poor little rich girl
  7. poor little rich girls
  8. poor loser
  9. poor losers
  10. poor man of mutton
  11. poor man's

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