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Old 04-08-2006, 12:27 PM
TSteven TSteven is offline
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Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
Will you please define wealthy old money families? I think it means something different to me than it does to you. Thanks.
Old Money
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"Old money refers to families who have been wealthy for several generations, as a term distinguishing them from the nouveau riche and parvenus."

In the South, and I am sure other parts as well (Philadelphia's Main Line as an example) 'Old Money' may include not only generations of it, but how and where the money was acquired. Some ways are, well, just gauche.
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