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BOSS British & World English

Bureau of State Security

boss1 British & World English

a person who is in charge of a worker or organization

boss2 British & World English

a stud on the centre of a shield

BOSS in Bureau of State Security (abbreviation: BOSS) British & World English

the former South African intelligence and security organization under apartheid

boss-eyed British & World English

cross-eyed or squinting

boss key British & World English

a computer game facility which enables users to avoid detection when playing at work by displaying a spreadsheet or other fake display when a certain key is pressed

pit boss British & World English

an employee in a casino in charge of gaming tables

boss-cocky British & World English

a farmer who employs labour

straw boss British & World English

a junior supervisor with some responsibility but little authority

trail boss British & World English

a foreman in charge of a cattle drive

pannikin boss British & World English

a minor overseer or foreman

show someone who's boss in boss1 British & World English

make it clear that it is oneself who is in charge

deboss British & World English

stamp (a design) into the surface of an object so that it is indented

Tweed, William M. British & World English

(1823–78) US politician; known as Boss Tweed. As a New York City official and a state senator 1867–71, he became the leader of Tammany Hall, the executive committee of New York City’s Democratic Party and a ring of political corruption, that swindled the state treasury out of as much as $200 million. Convicted in 1873, he fled to Cuba and then Spain, but was extradited in 1876 and returned to a New York jail, where he died

boss-cockies in boss-cocky British & World English

a farmer who employs labour

Boss Tweed in Tweed, William M. British & World English

(1823–78) US politician; known as Boss Tweed. As a New York City official and a state senator 1867–71, he became the leader of Tammany Hall, the executive committee of New York City’s Democratic Party and a ring of political corruption, that swindled the state treasury out of as much as $200 million. Convicted in 1873, he fled to Cuba and then Spain, but was extradited in 1876 and returned to a New York jail, where he died

boss English-French

patron/-onne m/f, chef m

boss English-Italian

direttore, -trice mf

boss about English-French

mener [qn] par le bout du nez

boss around English-French

mener [qn] par le bout du nez

what the boss says goes in go1 English-Spanish

lo que dice el jefe, va a misa

the boss called me into his office in call English-French

le chef m'a fait venir dans son bureau

avoid the boss when he's in a temper in avoid English-German

geh dem Chef aus dem Weg, wenn er schlechte Laune hat

his boss speaks/thinks very highly of him in highly English-Spanish

su jefe habla muy bien/tiene muy buena opinión de él