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Recent Examples of button man
Best button man in the biz.
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Craig Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2021
Craig Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for button man
Noun
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Three Thai women were rescued after a group of Chinese gangsters enslaved them in the former Soviet republic of Georgia in order to harvest their eggs.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The film stars Ha Jung-woo as Min-tae, a former gangster who discovers his brother Seok-tae’s lifeless body and learns that Seok-tae’s wife, Moon-young (played by Yoo Da-in), has disappeared.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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When Jennifer Lawrence isn’t full-frontally beating the bejesus out of insouciant hoodlums, that is.—
Charles Bramesco,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2025
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However, their dreams are threatened by the hoodlums in the Riverbottom Gang.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
30 Nov. 2024
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Regulars included mobsters, politicians and the super famous: Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Dean Martin, Gregory Peck, Cary Grant, Kirk Douglas and Bob Hope.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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When mobsters arrive to collect on an unpaid debt, his tranquil world is torn apart, forcing him to confront his past in a pulse-pounding showdown.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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Jennifer Tilly as Violet, the girlfriend of a mafioso, and Gina Gershon as Corky, the tank top-wearing handywoman who’s working on the apartment next door.—
Samantha Allen,
Them,
10 Feb. 2025
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Using his powers, Stanley must save his love interest Tina Carlyle (Diaz) from mafioso Dorian Tyrell (Peter Greene) while evading law enforcement.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Button man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button%20man. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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