money bag

See also: moneybag

English

Alternative forms

moneybag

Noun

money bag (plural money bags)

A bag, normally with a drawstring, used for holding money.
(in the plural) A wealthy person.
- 1820, John Keats, "Isabell; or, The Pot of Basil", XVIII:
  How could these money-bags see east and west?—
  
  Yet so they did—and every dealer fair
  
  Must see behind, as doth the hunted hare.

Translations

bag used for holding money

Bulgarian: кесия (bg) f (kesija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 錢袋／钱袋 (zh) (qiándài), 錢袋子／钱袋子 (qiándàizi)
Finnish: rahasäkki, rahapussi (fi)
Galician: correo m (archaic), taleigo m (dated), peto m, faldriqueira (gl) f
German: Geldsack (de) m
Irish: mála airgid m
Latin: pasceolus m
Malayalam: പണക്കിഴി (ml) (paṇakkiḻi)
Maori: pēke moni
Polish: sakwa (pl) f, sakiewka (pl) f
Tagalog: talega

wealthy person

Bulgarian: богаташ (bg) m (bogataš)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 富翁 (zh) (fùwēng)
Finnish: kroisos (fi)
French: richard (fr) m
German: Geldsack (de) m, Pfeffersack m (obsolete)
Hungarian: pénzeszsák
Portuguese: ricaço (pt) m, ricaça f
Japanese: 金持ち (ja) (かねもち, kanemochi)

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Greek: ^{(please verify)} πουγκί (el) n (pougkí)

Anagrams

bogey man, bogeyman

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