Lexic.us

Definition of Fast buck

1. Noun. Quick or easy earnings,. "They are traders out to make a fast buck"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fast Buck

Literary usage of Fast buck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gold Chain: A California Family Sagaby Regina V. Phelan by Regina V. Phelan (1987)
"They would rather be in the saloons where the lights are bright, where there's lots of noise around, the excitement of gambling, trying to make a fast buck. ..."

2. In the Shade of an Acacia Tree: Memoirs of a Health Officer in Africa, 1945-1959 by Frank L. Lambrecht (1991)
"... his or her well-formed dark-brown body glittering in the sun or rain; the olive-skinned Portuguese businessman out to make a fast buck in palm oil, ..."

3. Florida: The Keysby Don Philpott by Don Philpott (2002)
"... Key Visit fast buck Freddie's, the island's department store, and St. Paul's Church (No 401), the oldest Episcopal church in the South Florida Diocese. ..."

4. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"... the trade as FAST-BUCK. Spurious data from the Rainbow computer was now fed throughout the world. Some of its errors were immediately detected and ..."

5. Russian Defense Business Directory: St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblastedited by Franklin J. Carvalho edited by Franklin J. Carvalho (1998)
"Don't come to Russia to try to make a fast buck. It won't work. 16. Don't go it alone. Come to the US & PCS Business briefing, and join the American Chamber ..."

6. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1903)
"... half starved upon the winter veld, was light and thin, and it is wonderful how fast buck in that state can travel even with a ..."

7. The Nugents of Carriconna: An Irish Story by Tighe Hopkins (1891)
"We'll be an example to the county. We'll walk soberly, we'll show no rashness at all to anybody. Buck went a great deal too fast. Buck was one of the family ..."

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