pit boss

noun

: a person who supervises the gaming tables in a casino

Examples of pit boss in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile, on the street, four people associated with those involved in the skimming scheme have been murdered since 1975: two Chicago gangsters who worked in Las Vegas, a former business associate of Glick and a pit boss who worked for Glick. Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024 There’s her first cousin who worked in housekeeping; her grandfather who was a casino pit boss; an uncle who was a maintenance engineer; a cousin who was a cocktail waitress; nieces and nephews who work the front desks of big hotels. Isabel González Whitaker, ELLE, 22 Sep. 2022 In the ‘40s Jack Durant worked as a pit boss at the Flamingo Hotel for legendary gangster Bugsey Siegal. Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2022 The pit boss, however, needed to suit up in trousers made of a more dignified fabric, monitor gamblers at arm’s length and glad-hand with regulars. 1843, 19 June 2020 Working-class Kay (Lawson), a casino pit boss, and handyman Mike (Biggs) barely got through high school, but they’re determined to bring some degree of normalcy to a home with three sky-high-IQ kids. Mark Dawidziak, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pit boss was in 1939

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“Pit boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pit%20boss. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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