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"ref": "1929 March, A. C. Amy, “‘Well, when I was at the War——’”, in William H[eaton] Horrocks, C. J. Coppinger, editors, Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, volume LII, number 3, London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd. […], page 189",
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"ref": "2015, Jings Chen, chapter 18, in South Texas Never Raided, Partridge Publishing Singapore",
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"ref": "2016, A. Wilding Wells, “Snowvale”, in Sunshine Bleeds a Black Edge (The Wild Things; 3), Hyp Notic Press",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bogactwo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "bogactwa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bogátstvo",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "бога́тство"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dhánya",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "धन्य"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ionmhas"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bogastvo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "obilje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "riqueza"
},
{
"code": "tum",
"lang": "Tumbuka",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"word": "chuma"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"word": "lieg"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"word": "ọrọ̀"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "money, goods, wealth, treasure",
"word": "ọlà"
}
],
"word": "riches"
}
{
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English pluralia tantum",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:English/ɪtʃɪz"
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "rich",
"3": "es",
"nocat": "1",
"pos2": "plural suffix"
},
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"name": "suffix"
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{
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"2": "poor",
"3": "poors",
"id": "poor person",
"t": "poor people"
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"name": "m"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "p"
},
"expansion": "riches pl (plural only)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"rich‧es"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "poors"
}
],
"categories": [
"English nonstandard terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1929 March, A. C. Amy, “‘Well, when I was at the War——’”, in William H[eaton] Horrocks, C. J. Coppinger, editors, Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, volume LII, number 3, London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd. […], page 189",
"text": "Mr. Chander Lall Mookerji wrote to me thus: “The youngs and the olds, the highs and the lows, the riches and the poors, all join together in praising Your Honour’s magnanimity.”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Constantin Portelli, “The Italian Fascism”, in The Big Transition, Pittsburgh, Pa.: RoseDog Books",
"text": "In Antiquity has also existed social conflicts between the poor men and the riches.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Jings Chen, chapter 18, in South Texas Never Raided, Partridge Publishing Singapore",
"text": "[…] South America used to be a heaven for the riches and the hell for the poors and it's true.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, A. Wilding Wells, “Snowvale”, in Sunshine Bleeds a Black Edge (The Wild Things; 3), Hyp Notic Press",
"text": "She slips her rosary out of her purse, works her fingers over the beads, and continues chanting her list of deads. It’s one of her many lists. And one of her many quirks. She’s list obsessed. The deads, the gays, the riches, the poors, the outs, the down-and-outs. […] And, after my sister, Opal committed suicide, she dipped deeper into the buggy pot. […] After Dad passed, our long-distance phone conversations took on all kinds of new eccentricities. […] The deads were not going to be disregarded, according to Mom.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020, Derya Öztürk, chapter 9, in Robin Hood (Stage-1), İstanbul: Maviçatı Yayınları",
"text": "They live in the forest, steal from the riches and help the poors.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021, Manya Srivastava, “Don't Judge a Book by It's Cover”, in Alfesha Zeeshan, Saher Beig, compilers, Musing, Rourkela, Odisha: Unvoiced Heart; Spectrum of Thoughts, page 77",
"text": "The riches have money not happiness / The poors are happy but penniless",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Rich people."
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[
"Rich",
"rich"
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[
"people",
"person"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare, nonstandard) Rich people."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wealthies"
}
],
"tags": [
"nonstandard",
"plural",
"plural-only",
"rare"
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪtʃɪz"
}
],
"word": "riches"
}
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