ritzy:

Rich; stylish; elegant; luxirious; chic ; expensive. Popular in the 1920s to the 1940s, rarely heard today. QUOTES:

(1) In Sullivan's Travels (1941): ' Don't get ritzy .'

(2) The 'house peeper' Dad Newell (Will Wright) in The Blue Dahlia (1946): ' Maybe I could get tired of being pushed around by cops and hotel managers and ritzy dames in bungalows. Maybe I could cost a little something just for me .'

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