pit boss
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pit boss
1915–20, for an earlier sense;
Example Sentences
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Coincidentally, she used to be a blackjack pit boss at Maryland Live.
From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2016
I can remember like yesterday the moment the pit boss at the Hilton in Las Vegas came to my table, threw out his long arm and yelled, "Deal past that girl!"
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2016
A barrel-chested pit boss piled on: “Looks like Little Joe’s gonna be going home by bus tonight.”
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2016
But try as he might, he couldn't see himself as the Machiavellian pit boss, Mr. Johnson, in NBC's Las Vegas-set drama "The Player."
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2015
“I happen to be the pit boss of that mine and I have a right to know what’s going on. Why would the government want to know if there’s metal in the water?”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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