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  • noun Alternative spelling of big shot.

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Examples

  • I haven't had the chance to watch it already, but thinking that Shia-LaBeouf-nephew-of-some-bigshot is in it, drops my expectations.

    Sound Off: Indiana Jones 4 - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • (We should note here that YRHT fan "bigshot" predicted that same matchup over a year ago.) [Jeffrey said:] "I'm still not buying the Mitt hype ..."

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • (We should note here that YRHT fan "bigshot" predicted that same matchup over a year ago.) [Jeffrey said:] "I'm still not buying the Mitt hype ..."

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • The words "bigshot" sounded especially foreign coming from her mouth.

    Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000

  • The only cause I can kind of point to: Michael was supposed to be the "bigshot".

    Popular Posts Across MetaFilter 2009

  • The Repukes have already demonstrated that they don't give a rat's patoot about anybody but their bigshot corporate buddies, and increasing their profits, and anybody who believes their nonsense and lies has his head in the sand.

    GOP about to go online with 'Commitment to America' 2010

  • Some ten or so years back, I recall Disney bigshot Eisner, making the remark, that the admission prices to Disneyland & world, would be continued to be jacked up, until attendence dropped off. the same philosophy is being put into action here.

    More on Marvel’s price increases | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

  • Mark Wahlberg may play a bigshot tough guy in Contraband, but comments he made suggesting he could have prevented some of the 9/11 tragedy have him apologizing.

    Mark Wahlberg Apologizes for Insensitive 9/11 Remarks 2012

  • I am cautious as a new boy that I am not going in like a bull in a china shop because the last thing on this earth I would like to be seen as is as some bigshot walking in.

    Alan Sugar ? the lord of all he surveys Sabine Durrant 2010

  • But Steyn, naturally, thinks Gates, that "Ivy League bigshot," that "blowhard grievance-monger," was the villain of the piece, and he uses this occasion to hack away at the über-uppity nigra Barack Obama as well.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

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