Usually means: Hired killer in organized crime.
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  1. button man: Merriam-Webster
  2. button man: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. button man: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. button man: Wiktionary
  5. button man: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. button man: Dictionary.com
  7. Button Man, Button man: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. button man: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. button man: Urban Dictionary
  2. Button man: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (button man)

▸ noun:  (slang) A contract killer; a professional assassin.

Similar:
buttonman, button, trigger man, wet boy, bagman, mechanic, bodyman, boardsman, butcher boy, business boy, more...

Opposite:
button woman, button person, button operator, button pusher

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Similar:
buttonman, button, trigger man, wet boy, bagman, mechanic, bodyman, boardsman, butcher boy, business boy, more...

Opposite:
button woman, button person, button operator, button pusher



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