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Well-to-do
"Well-to-do" in a Sentence (13 examples)
Tom comes from a well-to-do family.
It's a well-to-do family.
Markku made his pile as a caterer for the well-to-do.
The doctor, who is well-to-do, is not content.
To be well-heeled means to be wealthy and well-to-do. Perhaps wearing nice shoes is where “well-heeled” comes from.
Sami came from a well-to-do family.
"You think a man must be well-to-do if he smokes a seven-shilling pipe," said I.
Although they can afford to purchase a home, more well-to-do Americans are choosing to rent instead.
In fact, in both San Francisco and New York, wealthy renters outnumber well-to-do buyers.
He never thought of them as well-to-do because they only had one house.
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Some philosophers aver that the well-to-do should be taxed at a higher rate than poorer people.
From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
There was a single arrivals platform, nearest to King's Cross. The large arch beneath the clock gave access to Hansom carriages clip-clopping up the cobbled ramp from the main gate in Euston Road, directly onto the platform, to meet well-to-do passengers.
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