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made man

noun — 2 senses

made man

noun
1

A man whose fortune has been made.

  • I had no money, but if I could only find workable country, I might stock it with borrowed capital, and consider myself a made man.1872, Samuel Butler, chapter 1, in Erewhon […] , London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC:
  • What with the shock of him going in this awful rash way, and thinking myself a made man by that chance, I was nearly off my chump for a week.1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter VI, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC:
2

Slang A person who has been through an induction ceremony into the Mafia or similar organisation.

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