pit boss
noun
: a person who supervises the gaming tables in a casino
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In the ‘40s Jack Durant worked as a pit boss at the Flamingo Hotel for legendary gangster Bugsey Siegal. 
Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2022 With Walter gone, Susie stepped up as the smokehouse's pit boss. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2020 The pit boss, however, needed to suit up in trousers made of a more dignified fabric, monitor gamblers at arm’s length and glad-hand with regulars. 1843, 19 June 2020 Working-class Kay (Lawson), a casino pit boss, and handyman Mike (Biggs) barely got through high school, but they’re determined to bring some degree of normalcy to a home with three sky-high-IQ kids. Mark Dawidziak, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2020 If the rules say that a tire can’t exceed a certain width, that pit boss is going to have tires that are built to that limit and not a millimeter less. Jeré Longman, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2019 Fieri will bring back the Stagecoach Smokehouse for its third year with new chefs, pit bosses and BBQ vendors while Diplo will return for Stagecoach Late Night In Palomino. Dave Brooks, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2019 Also ran into some pit bosses who speculated that the Borgata could open sports betting on Monday. Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, 7 June 2018 Dastmalchian plays Warrick, a casino pit boss, on the series. Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 23 Feb. 2018 See More
Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2022 With Walter gone, Susie stepped up as the smokehouse's pit boss. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2020 The pit boss, however, needed to suit up in trousers made of a more dignified fabric, monitor gamblers at arm’s length and glad-hand with regulars. 1843, 19 June 2020 Working-class Kay (Lawson), a casino pit boss, and handyman Mike (Biggs) barely got through high school, but they’re determined to bring some degree of normalcy to a home with three sky-high-IQ kids. Mark Dawidziak, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2020 If the rules say that a tire can’t exceed a certain width, that pit boss is going to have tires that are built to that limit and not a millimeter less. Jeré Longman, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2019 Fieri will bring back the Stagecoach Smokehouse for its third year with new chefs, pit bosses and BBQ vendors while Diplo will return for Stagecoach Late Night In Palomino. Dave Brooks, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2019 Also ran into some pit bosses who speculated that the Borgata could open sports betting on Monday. Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, 7 June 2018 Dastmalchian plays Warrick, a casino pit boss, on the series. Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 23 Feb. 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1939, in the meaning defined above