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- noun Alternative spelling of
bigwig .
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Examples
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Complications ensue, in the form of withdrawal pains, spontaneous blackouts, Russian Mafia types, and a manipulative corporate big-wig played by Robert De Niro.
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Limitless Dan Persons 2011
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Eric figured Youppi! must be some kind of freaky bear, rejected by the circus and forced to entertain the masses by sliding on the Expos dugout, popping wheelies on his ATV and hamming it up for pictures with suits in the big-wig seats.
Jonah Keri: Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, and Being an Expos Fan 2010
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Originally the restaurant was co-founded by Steve Florio, a big-wig at Cond
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Hhhhh. .got to cool it ... must start back-tracking on my blogs about the dangers of Islam now I'm a big-wig at the Indie.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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When top Fortune 500 big-wig, Wilson, came to find the remedy to his trouble with inadequate sleep, his words differed from Elena's, a 54-year-old elementary school principal.
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Hhhhh. .got to cool it ... must start back-tracking on my blogs about the dangers of Islam now I'm a big-wig at the Indie.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Unsurprisingly, they also solicited interviews from such big-wig evolutionary proponents as Richard Dawkins (* swoon*).
Expelled from "Expelled": The Scandal Strikes Back. zhukora1 2008
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ÂHow could a big-wig in the Cambridge police department be unaware of the possibility, no the likelihood, that a noted (radical) African-American Harvard professor might be living modestlyÂin Cambridge?
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LaCivita is the former communication chief of ex-Senator George Allen's (R-Macacca) campaign and a former big-wig in the Virginia Republican party.
Swift Boat Vet Operative Vows To "Attack Obama Viciously" 2009
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She is a talented and accomplished democratic governor, but hardly some sort of party big-wig.
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