Filthy rich

Posted by Brian from Shawnee August 25, 2004In 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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Filthy rich ESC 25/August/04
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