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- noun A major player in the field in question: someone who is in the
big time
Etymologies
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Examples
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There's Grover Norquist, a conservative movement big-timer, joining up with GOProud -- the "national organization of gay conservatives" that served as a CPAC sponsor.
Prop 8 Ruling Exposes Democrats' Weak Support For LGBT Community 2010
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There's Grover Norquist, a conservative movement big-timer, joining up with GOProud -- the "national organization of gay conservatives" that served as a CPAC sponsor.
Prop 8 Ruling Exposes Democrats' Weak Support For LGBT Community 2010
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The first big-timer to step up was Jermaine Dupri, the multiplatinum producer.
Pimpology Pimpin’ Ken with Karen Hunter 2007
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The first big-timer to step up was Jermaine Dupri, the multiplatinum producer.
Pimpology Pimpin’ Ken with Karen Hunter 2007
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Every big-timer who contributed to this film in some significant way needs to drive out to the desert and hide out for a week or two.
Just say Noah Ed Gorman 2007
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The first big-timer to step up was Jermaine Dupri, the multiplatinum producer.
Pimpology Pimpin’ Ken with Karen Hunter 2007
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Every big-timer who contributed to this film in some significant way needs to drive out to the desert and hide out for a week or two.
Archive 2007-06-01 Ed Gorman 2007
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Post Orange, and now with the Whitbread Book of the Year award too, she is a big-timer.
Unoriginal thoughts Michael Allen 2005
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Boy, big-timer, you reeled in the big fish this morning, didn't you?
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Hideki Matsui is a big-timer in New York, a triumphant Yankee for most of seven seasons who saved his best for last - an MVP award in the 2009 World Series.
SFGate: Top News Stories jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea 2011
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