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pit boss

noun

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1915–20, for an earlier sense; Americanism

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This being Puerto Rico, the pit boss might not have known McCain.

"Yes, he'd better keep his distance from me," growled Bob, who had been growing angrier as he gazed at the grinning pit boss.

Rush, after a quick glance at both the foreman and pit boss, began looking about for a plank.

He saw that his pit boss was getting the worst of it, and that Rush would soon gain the sympathy of the crowd.

"I wish I dared throw that animal into the pit head first," muttered Jarvis, eyeing the pit boss resentfully.

No one had told him, and the pit boss had merely intimated it when he said, "Remember, I warned you."

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