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🎮 A game character 💰 A bag for money 🤑 A rich person
moneybags

moneybags

3 8.0
A character who asks players to pay money to continue
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmʌniˌbæɡz/
translation icon : Mr. Moneybags
  • The old tale describes how Miss Moneybags always threw her money around to show off, but never truly helped anyone.
  • Mr. Moneybags

Examples

  • Well, there's nothin' like a good launderin'job... to make ol' Moneybags feel like a man.

    The Tall Men (1955)

  • Oh, Ms. Moneybags again last night?

    Lethal Seduction (1997)

  • Either the socialist current leader will win, or Mr. Moneybags will.

    Blog text (14)

  • Miss Moneybags claimed she'd led a very tragic life.

    Where the Boys Are (1960)

  • Anybody other than Moneybags would have prohibited all but essential automobile traffic long since.

    Blog text (13)

  • She's on a fixed income, and I am not Mr. Moneybags.

    Blog text (7)

  • They are far slicker and much better liars than Moneybags Mitt.

    Blog text (14)

  • Everyone is talking about the lavish party hosted by Mr. Moneybags last weekend.

  • In the board game, the player who controls the character of Ms. Moneybags usually wins due to her immense wealth.

Synonyms

bagman
vsmoneybags
  • NSFW
10 9.9

A person who collects or delivers illegal money for a criminal group

is a fictional nickname in stories or games not a real criminal role
bagwoman
vsmoneybags
  • NSFW
9.9

A woman who collects or delivers bribe money for criminals

is a fictional nickname in stories or games not a real criminal role

How Greedy

extortionist
10 8.6
moneybags
3 8.0
moneygrubber
  • Offensive
8.6

Surface Forms

moneybags main

Morphology

moneybags = money + bag (semi-transparent) = money + bag + s

As a proper name or nickname for a character, the word is built from the literal compound but used as a label; the link to 'money' + 'bag' is visible though specialized.

Etymology

Moneybags as a character name comes from money and bags, so it makes you think of someone who collects or wants money. That's why in games or stories Moneybags is the character who asks players for coins or payment.