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1rags-to-riches — rags to richˈes adjective (of a story, etc) describing a person s progression from poverty to wealth • • • Main Entry: ↑rag * * * rags to riches UK US adjective mainly journalism used for describing a situation in which someone who has been very… …
2Rags to Riches (song) — Rags to Riches is a 1953 popular song by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The best known version of the song was recorded by Tony Bennett and reached #1 on the Billboard chart in 1953. In the same year, a version by David Whitfield reached #3 in the …
3rags-to-riches — adj [only before noun] a rags to riches story is about someone who becomes very rich after starting life very poor …
4rags-to-riches — adjective MAINLY JOURNALISM used for describing the life of someone who was born into a poor family but later became very rich and successful: the rags to riches story of country and western singer Loretta Lynn …
5rags to riches — Someone who starts life very poor and becomes rich goes from rags to riches …
6rags to riches — phrase used for describing a situation in which someone who has been very poor becomes very rich Almost overnight, she went from rags to riches. Thesaurus: changing social or professional statushyponym from an upper class familysynonym Main entry …
7Rags to Riches (horse) — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Rags to Riches caption = Rags to Riches in the paddock area at Belmont Park during the day of the Belmont Stakes (June 9th, 2007) sire = A.P. Indy grandsire = Seattle Slew dam = Better Than Honour… …
8Rags To Riches — infobox television show name = Rags To Riches caption = Rags To Riches title screen format = Musical, Comedy drama runtime = 30 minutes creator = starring = Joseph Bologna Tisha Campbell Bridget Michele Blanca De Garr Heather McAdam Kimiko Gelman …
9Rags to Riches — The term Rags to Riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth, or sometimes from obscurity to fame. This is a common archetype in literature and popular culture (for example, the writings of Horatio Alger,… …
10Rags to Riches (computer game) — Infobox VG| title = Rags to Riches developer = Bob Keener publisher = Melody Hall Publishing Corp designer = Bob Keener engine = released = 1985 genre = Action adventure modes = Single player ratings = platforms = C64 media = requirements = input …
