big-time operator

That’s not all that the owner at the time, Shabtai von Kalmanovic, doled out to make himself a big-time operator and paternal women’s basketball figure.

The coke is fungible: it can be converted into a ticket to France for Sally�the opportunity, finally, to act the big-time operator for Lou, who becomes her mentor and protector.

"Miss Carr is a big-time operator with a flair for the spectacular," said a trustee last week.

Island of Love is a big-time operator's manual on how to turn a drowsy little Greek island into the Catskills of the charter-flight set.

By the time he was 27, Bernie Baruch was a big-time operator himself.