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名詞

pit boss (plural pit bosses)

1. (mining, dated) A direct overseer of laborers in a mining operation.
   • 1890, "Consolidated Coal Co. v. Wombacher" (Supreme Court of Illinois) in The Northeastern Reporter, vol. 24, p. 628 (Google preview):

     It is, among other things, sufficiently stated in the declaration that appellant is owner and operator of a coal mine, and has in its employ a pit boss, to whom it has given authority to direct and control the labors of those employed in its mine.

   • 1917, Upton Sinclair, King Coal, book 4, ch. 6:

     How long could a man expect to stand on the steps of a company building, with a super and a pit-boss at his back, and organise a union of mine-workers?

2. (gambling) A supervisor who oversees the dealers and activity at the gaming tables in a casino, and who typically has the authority to expel unruly gamblers from the premises.
   • 2007 July 22, Selena Roberts, “Stewards of Sport Need a Lesson From the Pit Bosses”, in New York Times, retrieved 10 June 2015:

     Las Vegas: The pit boss sees all on the casino floor as a trained trouble spotter amid this high-roller’s paradise.

   • 2014 January 16, Victoria Bekiempis, “Atlantic City's Last 'Low-Roller' Casino Busts”, in Newsweek, retrieved 10 June 2015:

     One woman at a baccarat table […] shouted and mumbled something about wanting her money back, or at least the opportunity to win it back. A pit boss standing behind the dealer joked: “I don’t have any money! I’m unemployed!” and a few moments later, a security guard escorted the woman off the floor.

   • 2026 February 19, B. E. Delmer, “Random Number Generators Are the Silent Guardians of Fair Play in Online Poker”, in Gambling 911, retrieved 21 February 2026:

     Mathematics is the pit boss of the regulated US online poker market, guaranteeing that luck is random, and no one can sneak a head of the river card.

3. (motor racing) The supervisor of the maintenance pit crew of a driver.
   • 2009, Gerry Souter, The Earnhardts: A Biography, →ISBN, page 29:

     In that same race, the first use of two-way radio-to-pits communication was logged. Al Stevens, who operated a radio dispatch service in Maryland, kept in contact with his pit boss, Cotton Bennett, throughout the race.