Meaning of profitsome | Babel Free

Definitions

Characterised or marked by profit

informal, regional

Examples

“[...] to put⟳ my soap / in the slimming industry's / profitsome spoke”

““Your sister says she tried to put⟳ you through college,” Longarm replied as they headed on down the sandstone sidewalk, deserted like⟳ the most of the business district at that hour, save⟳ for an island of bright lights every quarter mile or so, where a saloon, a tobacco shop⟳, or chili parlor still found it profitsome to stay⟳ open⟳ after quitting time.”

“So unless you could wrangle a government beef contract to supply⟳ nearby army posts or Indian agencies, and that had been the one true motive for the infamous Lincoln County War, you had to breed⟳ and sell⟳ stock⟳ more profitsome than beef on the hoof.”

“Earp nodded, then opined, “You'd have⟳ to drill in crops more profitsome than barley to make⟳ a go of it with hired water. It just don't pay⟳ to irrigate grain and grazing land⟳. [...]””

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