pit boss
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A supervisor who oversees the dealers and activity at the gaming tables in a casino, and who typically has the authority to expel unruly gamblers from the premises.
noun
The supervisor of the maintenance pit crew of a driver.
Example Sentences
- "It is, among other things, sufficiently stated in the declaration that appellant is owner and operator of a coal mine, and has in its employ a pit boss, to whom it has given authority to direct and control the labors of those employed in its mine."
- "How long could a man expect to stand on the steps of a company building, with a super and a pit-boss at his back, and organise a union of mine-workers?"
- "Las Vegas: The pit boss sees all on the casino floor as a trained trouble spotter amid this high-roller’s paradise."
- "One woman at a baccarat table […] shouted and mumbled something about wanting her money back, or at least the opportunity to win it back. A pit boss standing behind the dealer joked: “I don’t have any money! I’m unemployed!” and a few moments later, a security guard escorted the woman off the floor."
- "Mathematics is the pit boss of the regulated US online poker market, guaranteeing that luck is random, and no one can sneak a head of the river card."
- "In that same race, the first use of two-way radio-to-pits communication was logged. Al Stevens, who operated a radio dispatch service in Maryland, kept in contact with his pit boss, Cotton Bennett, throughout the race."