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Filthy rich

Posted by Brian from Shawnee on August 25, 2004

In Reply to: Filthy rich posted by gillian marshall on August 25, 2004

: please can someone help me find the meaning of filthy rich and under the thumb (i think filthy rich has something to do with the miners...please help thanks

Maybe the mine owners were filthy rich. The miners got black lung and were put out of their company-owned houses when they could no longer work.

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