Citations:made man

Noun: A man whose fortune has been made

 * 1840 — Edgar Allan Poe, The Business Man
 * I consider myself, therefore, a made man, and am bargaining for a country seat on the Hudson.
 * 1841 — Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, chapter 21
 * Oh you lucky dog! He's richer than any Jew alive; you're a made man.
 * 1855-1891 [1854] — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Book XX, "A Boston Ballad"
 * Stick your hands in your pockets, Jonathan—you are a made man from this day
 * 1872 — Samuel Butler, Erewhon, chapter 1
 * I had no money, but if I could only find workable country, I might stock it with borrowed capital, and consider myself a made man.