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well-fixed, ppl. a.
1. lit.
1718P. Rae Hist. Reb. vi. 287 Followed by 40 or 50 stately Fellows..arm'd each of 'em with a well fix'd Gun on his Shoulder. 1848Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 246 The complete Well-fixed necessity and end of all things.
2. transf. Reasonably affluent, comfortably off. U.S. colloq.
1822A. D. Murphey Let. 22 Aug. in Papers (1914) I. 263 His Brother is well fixed, has one of the best tracts of land in Tennessee, and is growing rich fast. 1912N. M. Woodrow Sally Salt 228 I'm well to do, Hilda, well fixed in the world. 1952J. Steinbeck East of Eden ix. 78 He was better than well fixed—he was rich. 1970J. Blackburn Land of Promise i. 11 He..had become ‘well fixed’, as the family colloquialism expressed moderate wealth. |