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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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Polish media have also reported on his connections to gangsters and the world of prostitution.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2025
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Historically speaking, a half-Mexican woman isn’t usually the first in line to write a story about a violently ambitious gangster, which is what excited me most about it.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
Noun
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His hoodlum phase in New York was re-created at the Lenox Lounge in Harlem.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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The gang specialized in hijacking cars and guarding bootleg liquor shipments for other hoodlums during the Prohibition era.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Netflix Inc—stock up 33% Lilyhammer, the story of a New York mobster relocating to Norway, was Netflix’s first original.—
Christian Stadler,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The series parodies the tropes of mobster dramas, comically combining elements of characters like Yogi Bear with series like The Sopranos.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Anyway, the mafioso plot introduces an additional contract killer (Daniella Pineda) whose troubled past triggered an extreme case of acute savant syndrome.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Everyone in the studio nods along to Paco’s tough-minded flexes and mafioso folktales.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Button man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button%20man. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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