fixed up adj.
1. (also fixed off) appearing well provided with material goods.
Soldier’s Bride 186: I thought from the way you were fixed off, that you had goods to sell. |
2. (US, also fixed out) dressed up.
Polit. Examiner 8 Dec. 4/1: I seed her at church one day fixed up kinder pretty snug; so [...] darn my seelskin pumps if I dont buck up to her next Fust day [DA]. | ||
High Life in N.Y. I 194: What will the folks think of us if we come fixed out so? | ||
‘How Sally Hooter Got Snake-Bit’ in Polly Peablossom’s Wedding 71: Camp meetin’ day it came, an’ we was all thar, an’ the she-folks they was fixed up in er inch uv their lives. | ||
Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories n.p.: Jeb was fixed up now fittin’ to kill. | ‘Courtin’ on Cutshin’||
Fabulous Clipjoint (1949) 142: She had on a black dress, a new one [...] She had on a little make-up, but not too much. Gosh, I thought, she’s really pretty when she’s fixed up. | ||
Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights 136: His mom looked pretty nice. She was fixed up and everything and you couldn’t tell that she had been living in the park. |
3. fine, good, worked out, happy, content.
in | Flying for France xi: One day in January, 1915, I saw Jim McConnell [...] at Carthage, North Carolina. ‘Well,’ he said, ‘I’m all fixed up and am leaving on Wednesday.’ ‘Where for?’ I asked. ‘I’ve got a job to drive an ambulance in France,’ was his answer.||
Home to Harlem 147: So youse all fixed up in this heah town? | ||
Down These Mean Streets (1970) 69: Your father will go with you an’ everything will be fixed up. | ||
Glass Canoe (1982) 88: By that time I’m fixed up with another sheila. | ||
You Gotta Play Hurt 168: [of sexual intercourse] ‘Let’s cut the shit,’ MIcki said. ‘Who wants to get fixed up first?’ . |
4. married.
None But the Lonely Heart 270: ‘I’d like to see you fixed up,’ Pa said, wiping his half moons. |