pit boss

Example Sentences

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“Alberto is like the pit boss in an Indy 500 crew,” Dave Frank, Rupp’s coach at Central Catholic High School in Portland, Ore., told Brant for an article in Runners World magazine.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2019

Coincidentally, she used to be a blackjack pit boss at Maryland Live.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2016

I can remember like yesterday the moment the pit boss at the Hilton in Las Vegas came to my table, threw out his long arm and yelled, "Deal past that girl!"

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2016

But try as he might, he couldn't see himself as the Machiavellian pit boss, Mr. Johnson, in NBC's Las Vegas-set drama "The Player."

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2015

Just then, Lester Burton, the pit boss, stepped among them and nailed a notice to a post near the water pump.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool