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high pillow

high pillow noun: the boss; the man in charge.

Noun

high pillow (plural high pillows)

  1. (US, dated, slang) The boss; the man in charge.
    • ‘There were a couple solved for the record, but they were just rappers. Some punk took it for the high pillow.’1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 203

Forms of high pillow

pluralhigh pillows

Questions about high pillow

What does high pillow mean?
High pillow means the boss; the man in charge.
What part of speech is high pillow?
High pillow is a noun.
What is the plural of high pillow?
The plural of high pillow is high pillows.

Words near high pillow in the dictionary

  1. high order bits
  2. high pad
  3. high pads
  4. High Park
  5. High Peak
  6. high pillow
  7. high pillows
  8. high place
  9. high places
  10. High Plains
  11. high point

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