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big wheel
noun
a prominent, powerful and important person US, 1942- Heretofore I thought Kalecki was the big wheel behind the syndicate, but now I could see that he was only a small part of it. — Mickey Spillane, I, The Jury, p. 157, 1947
- Every one of us is a big wheel, and I don’t mind telling you I’m one of the biggest. — Hal Ellson, Tomboy, p. 90, 1950
- He [Teamsters president Dave Beck] may be a big wheel, but to me [Fred Loomis] he’s only a hub cap. — San Francisco Examiner, p. 2, 10 May 1957
- The athletes and the rich boys and the brains were the big wheels at Summer High School. — Dick Gregory, Nigger, p. 47, 1964
- Big hara put the cuffs on me in the car, just in case a big wheel was present when they brought me in. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 314, 1967
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