Meanings
nountrigger man (plural trigger men)
plural trigger men
- alternativeAlternative form of triggerman.
Al always showed up surrounded by a gang of trigger men – they sat in a corner, very gay and noisy but gunning the whole situation out of the corners of their eyes.
1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “They Found the Body in a Ditch”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 63
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trigger man. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trigger%20man
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“trigger man.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trigger%20man. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trigger man,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trigger%20man.
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