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big-timer

big-timer noun: a major player in the field in question: someone who is in the big time.

Noun

big-timer (plural big-timers)

  1. A major player in the field in question: someone who is in the big time
    • The small-timers, as he put it, kept their currency in their homes, in safes, in false ceilings, under beds. When necessary, our tax people know where to look. The big-timers, however, use Swiss banks.1992, Shashi Tharoor, Show Business: A Novel, page 144

Forms of big-timer

pluralbig-timers

Origin of big-timer

From big time + -er.

Questions about big-timer

What does big-timer mean?
Big-timer means a major player in the field in question: someone who is in the big time.
What part of speech is big-timer?
Big-timer is a noun.
What is the plural of big-timer?
The plural of big-timer is big-timers.

Words near big-timer in the dictionary

  1. big-ticket
  2. big-ticket item
  3. big-ticket items
  4. big-time
  5. big-timed
  6. big-timer
  7. big-timers
  8. big-times
  9. big-timing
  10. big-toe nail
  11. big-toe nails

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