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Antonyms for pooh-bah

Grammar : Noun
Spell : poo bah
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpu ˌbɑ

Definition of pooh-bah

Origin :
  • "leader who maintains excessive bureaucratic control," 1888, from Pooh-Bah, the name of the "Lord High Everything Else" character in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" (1885).
  • As in notable : noun person who is famous, important
  • As in bigwig : noun important person
Example sentences :
  • “Pooh-Bah will do a better job than I could,” Fay assured him.
  • Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • But Pooh-Bah declares "I must set bounds to my insatiable ambition."
  • Extract from : « The Secrets of a Savoyard » by Henry A. Lytton
  • A corporation is not a commercial Pooh-Bah, divided into unrelated sections.
  • Extract from : « The Promise Of American Life » by Herbert David Croly
  • Pooh-Bah, it seems that the festivities in connection with my approaching marriage must last a week.
  • Extract from : « The Open Secret of Ireland » by T. M. Kettle
  • Pooh-Bah finished page two and began to race through page three.
  • Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • Fay sighed and gave simultaneously with Pooh-Bah the now-familiar triple-jointed shrug.
  • Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • Clearly the boss tickler (which was how they thought of Pooh-bah) led an energetic life.
  • Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • Great should be the gratitude of passage-selling Combines to Pooh-Bah; and they ought to cherish his memory when he dies.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • The bystanders looked at one another blankly, and at last the concentrated gaze fell upon the Pooh-Bah of the town.
  • Extract from : « The Daughter of Anderson Crow » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • Every one of us, or almost every one of us, does in reality fulfil almost as many offices as Pooh-Bah.
  • Extract from : « Varied Types » by G. K. Chesterton

Synonyms for pooh-bah

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