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, section 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.

Derived terms

witch's moneybags

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 (gl) m (archaic), taleigo m (dated), peto m, faldriqueira (gl) f
German: Geldsack (de) m
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Irish: mála airgid m
Latin: pasceolus m
Malayalam: പണക്കിഴി (ml) (paṇakkiḻi)
Maori: pēke moni
Polish: sakwa (pl) f, sakiewka (pl) f
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Tagalog: talega
Vietnamese: túi tiền (vi)

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 (hu)
Japanese: 金持ち (ja) (かねもち, kanemochi)
Portuguese: ricaço (pt) m, ricaça f

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

Anagrams

bogey man, bogeyman

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