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make
noun
an identification US, 1950- Things that I’d never thought about before, like why did it take ‘em so long to get a make on me? — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 113, 1973
- I had everything on him. Prints. Positive make. Everything. — George V. Higgins, The Judgment of Deke Hunter, p. 38, 1976
▶ on the make- in search of sexual company US, 1929
- But he didn’t want Alice fooling around with a kid who was defi-nitely jail bait and on the make. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 34, 1947
- She’s just another of those rich wives on the make. — Philip Wylie, Opus 21, p. 273, 1949
- “You think I’m on the make for you, don’t you?” — Mark Tryon, Of G-Strings and Strippers, p. 36, 1953
- “If he’s interested in you, doll, you’d better keep your legs crossed. ’Cause I’d say he was strictly on the make.” — Georgia Sothern, My Life in Burlesque, p. 299, 1972
- It’s a local tradition. Every Wednesday night. And you don’t even have to look like you’re on the make. — Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, p. 14, 1978
- Since you’re on the make again. — Sleepless in Seattle, 1993
- seeking any opportunity or profit UK
- [W]e are just a bunch of useless fucking tossers out on the fucking make. — Shaun Ryder, Shaun Ryder... in His Own Words, 1992
- Usually I wave away or dead-head [ignore] prozzies on the make, like[.] — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 67, 2002
▶ put the make on
to try to seduce US- An this guy gives me a ride–an that was the first guy ever put the make on me. — John Rechy, City of Night, p. 152, 1963
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