英语词汇“button man”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

button man n. (a) a man who manufactures or deals in buttons (now rare); (b) slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) a person who works as a killer or enforcer for or as a member of a Mafia family (cf. sense 19).

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1724 Brit. Jrnl. 15 Feb. 3/1 Two persons.., the first a Button-Man near St. Clements, and formerly a great Dealer that Way.

1879 R. J. Burdette Hawk-eyes 166 The First Button Man. Samuel Williston, the first manufacturer of buttons in the United States, is seventy-three years old, and worth six million dollars.

1963 Ann. Rep. Attorney-Gen. U.S. (U.S. Govt. Printing Office) 350 Each captain heads a ‘regime’ which consists of any number of ‘soldiers’, also referred to as ‘button men’ and ‘good fellows’.

1971 Just Buttons Nov. 359 A few years ago, a button man told me, 80 per cent of men's shirt buttons were pearl, now all but 40 per cent are plastic.

1990 R. Bork Tempting of Amer. 99 Mafiosi confer with their button men in private.

2016 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 5 Aug. 5 A crew with 10 Michaels and a dozen Anthonys is gonna need nicknames if the chief wants to tell the button men from the capos.

单词	button man
释义	> as lemmas button man button man n. (a) a man who manufactures or deals in buttons (now rare); (b) slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) a person who works as a killer or enforcer for or as a member of a Mafia family (cf. sense 19). ΚΠ 1724 Brit. Jrnl. 15 Feb. 3/1 Two persons.., the first a Button-Man near St. Clements, and formerly a great Dealer that Way. 1879 R. J. Burdette Hawk-eyes 166 The First Button Man. Samuel Williston, the first manufacturer of buttons in the United States, is seventy-three years old, and worth six million dollars. 1963 Ann. Rep. Attorney-Gen. U.S. (U.S. Govt. Printing Office) 350 Each captain heads a ‘regime’ which consists of any number of ‘soldiers’, also referred to as ‘button men’ and ‘good fellows’. 1971 Just Buttons Nov. 359 A few years ago, a button man told me, 80 per cent of men's shirt buttons were pearl, now all but 40 per cent are plastic. 1990 R. Bork Tempting of Amer. 99 Mafiosi confer with their button men in private. 2016 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 5 Aug. 5 A crew with 10 Michaels and a dozen Anthonys is gonna need nicknames if the chief wants to tell the button men from the capos. extracted from buttonn. < as lemmas
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