| 单词 | fast buck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfast buck fast buck n. and adj. (a) n. money that is earned quickly or easily, typically by illicit or unscrupulous means; = quick buck n. at quick adj., n.1, and adv. Compounds 1b; (b) adj. characterized by an intent or desire to earn money quickly or easily. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [noun] > turning over in course of trade > swift return nimble shilling1801 fast buck1944 quick buck1946 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > money earned quickly fast buck1944 quick buck1946 1944 Sunday News (N.Y.) 8 Oct. 6/5 Two undercover men..posing as druggists..who wished to pick up a fast buck or two in morphine. 1971 Publishers' Weekly 22 Mar. 33 In recent years, the Norman Rockwell kind of vision has been sullied by cynical, fast-buck door-to-door operators. 1995 C. Hiaasen in C. Hiaasen & D. Stevenson Paradise Screwed (2001) iii. 60 As a journalist, I've written plenty about the rape of the Keys and the fast-buck mentality that incites it. 2012 Independent 21 Feb. 16/1 These are people making a fast buck out of the name Lucan. < as lemmas |
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