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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
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As is the norm in the ’90s, L.A. rapper Tone Loc is part of the cast as a gangster from around the way named Frog.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
9 May 2025
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In 1979, when Carmine Galante, the head of the Bonanno crime family, was killed, the photographer Hal Goldenberg hoofed it up onto a roof in Brooklyn to get a shot of the gangster’s cooling corpse.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
5 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
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Chase, who created the award-winning show about a New Jersey mobster battling personal and professional issues, wasn't initially sold on Gandolfini in the lead role.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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However, eight to 10 times that number is way too high and will give mobsters, criminals, and terrorists a lot of leeway.—
Sanjeev Menon,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Italian Husband is using the wedding as an excuse to bury the hatchet between his family and the rival mafiosi, apparently.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
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But there’s a catch, a gimmick even, as De Niro stars opposite himself, playing both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, the notorious Italian American mafiosi.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Button man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button%20man. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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