Synonyms for big-time


Grammar : Adj

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Définition of big-time

Origin :
  • "upper reaches of a profession or pursuit," c.1910 from vaudeville slang; the phrase was common in colloquial use late 19c.-early 20c. in a broad range of senses: "party, shindig, fun, frolic."
  • adj big-league
Example sentences :
  • Big-time Caribbean piracy had grown from very respectable origins.
  • Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth
  • You know—a feeling like a try-out before a big-time manager.
  • Extract from : « Believe You Me! » by Nina Wilcox Putnam
  • Sherwoods are big-time people, you know; a sister who's a regular somebody.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Whirlwind » by Leroy Scott
  • No one rejoiced more than they when they learned that he was at last in the big-time circuit.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys at the Sending Station » by Allen Chapman
  • Krasnow is a big-time operator; I've always been, you might say, in the peanut end of the game.
  • Extract from : « Back to Julie » by Richard Wilson
  • She's meant to be an honest-to-God woman—the kind that keeps men clean—she's meant for the big-time stuff.
  • Extract from : « The Garden of Eden » by Max Brand
  • Lefty's big scene at Nick's fixed it so you won't be welcome in a big-time poker game anywhere in town.
  • Extract from : « Card Trick » by Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett
  • Wait till you see your name in two-foot electrics over the front of every big-time house in the country.
  • Extract from : « Cheerful--By Request » by Edna Ferber
  • The little lady had completed her spring drinking and was now en route to a big-time meal-ticket scheduled to start from Chicago.
  • Extract from : « Lady Luck » by Hugh Wiley

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