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big kahuna

noun as in dignitary

noun as in heavyweight

noun as in someone

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Example Sentences

Of course, L.A.’s the big kahuna now.

"Given the interest of the majority of states in pursuing this issue, we think it's only appropriate that the big kahuna, the federal government, take action as well."

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In New York City in 1999, Jesse says he was working on “The Big Kahuna,” which Spacey starred in and produced.

But the big kahuna of consumer deflation is electronics.

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Roy Lichtenstein’s “Drowning Girl” — lent by the Museum of Modern Art and picturing a blue-haired woman vanishing beneath silvery waves — is facing, embarrassing to say, a replica of Hokusai’s big kahuna made from blue and white Lego blocks.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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