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pit boss

American  

noun

  1. a casino employee who supervises gambling-table activity.


Etymology

Origin of pit boss

1915–20, for an earlier sense;

Example Sentences

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I always go to Resort World, where I know the pit boss.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2023

“Alberto is like the pit boss in an Indy 500 crew,” Dave Frank, Rupp’s coach at Central Catholic High School in Portland, Ore., told Brant for an article in Runners World magazine.

From New York Times Oct. 1, 2019

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

“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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