proud owner
collocation in Englishmeaningsofproudandowner
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proud
adjective
uk/praʊd/us/praʊd/
feeling pleasure and satisfaction because you or people connected with you have done or got ...
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owner
noun[C]
uk/ˈəʊ.nər/us/ˈoʊ.nɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofproudandownerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofproud owner
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I am theproudownerof a pub.
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That is why most motor cycles on the road are insured only when they are being ridden by theproudowner.
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That certainly is the view of my dog, which is theproudownerof two human beings!
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We hate to turnproudowner-occupiers into reluctant council tenants and this is too often an accompaniment of slum clearance.
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For every citizen who is agitated about the height of a hedge, there is aproudowneron the other side of the hedge.
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The form lists a number of alterations that theproudowner-occupier might wish to make to his or her property.
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When a man takes over a house he becomes theproudownerof it, and makes himself responsible for keeping it in good repair.
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I declare an interest, being theproudownerof a large black standard poodle.
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Stafford is now theproudownerof a walk-in centre, to which people can go for urgent treatment.
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I am now theproudownerof what we laughingly call invalidity pension (£32·49), so we cannot be blamed for feeling there is no justice in this government.
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But, being aproudownerof a restaurant isn't the player's only goal.
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Alexander now found himself aproudownerof his own carriage to take him to the lectures.
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That common land is infested with muck from dogs whose proud owners take them out every night.
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Does he recognise that many people want to be proud owners, but cannot afford to buy their council homes outright?
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I was bowled over because by each piece of furniture or picture stood the proud owners.
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