big dog
noun
North American informal an important or influential person or thing; a ‘big shot’; also more fully big dog of the tanyard (now rare ).
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- pyrophorus
- pyrophosphatase
- pyrophosphate
- pyrophosphoric acid
- pyro-photography
- pyrophyllite
- pyrophysalite
- pyrophyte
- pyroracemic
- pyroscope
- pyrosis
- pyrosmalite
- Pyrosoma
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- pyrostilpnite
- pyrosulfate
- pyrosulphate
- pyrosulphuric acid
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- pyrotartaric
- pyrotartaric acid
- pyrotartrate