pit boss
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pit boss
1915–20, for an earlier sense;
Example Sentences
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“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
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
“The big one’s Arthur Devlin. He’s the grand knight. And he owns the mine. The other one is his pit boss, Lester Burton,” Ned answered, his voice charged with anger.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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