(n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
(n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.
(n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
(n.) A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
(n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
(n.) A swage or die used for shaping metals.
(n.) A head or reservoir of water.
(v. t.) To ornament with bosses; to stud.
(n.) A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tap the relevant details into Google, though, and the real names soon appear before your eyes: the boss in question, stern and yet oddly quixotic, is Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates.
(2) The pressure is ramping up on Asda boss Andy Clarke, who next week will reveal the chain’s sales performance for the quarter covering Christmas.
(3) Every time I have seen him since – you stand up straight and it’s: ‘Hi, boss.
(4) Remember, if he did seize group power and dispose of the Independent , he'd still be boss of the rest of INM: 200 or so papers and magazines around the world, dominant voices in Australasia, South Africa, India and Ireland itself, 100 million readers a week.
(5) His boss, the Molenbeek mayor Françoise Schepmans, said that the seven people arrested seemed to suggest a network based in Brussels connected with the Paris attacks.
(6) Finally, the general philosophy of BOSS and applications to a multi-processor assembly are discussed.
(7) Sometimes in the other team’s half, sometimes in front of his own box, sometimes as the last man.” Die Zeit singles out Bayern’s veteran midfielder Schweinsteiger for praise: “In this historic, dramatic and fascinating victory over Argentina , Schweinsteiger was the boss on the pitch.
(8) However, while he considers the stock undervalued, the hedge fund boss said the software firm had missed a string of opportunities under Ballmer's "Charlie Brown management", referring to the hapless star of the Peanuts cartoon strip.
(9) Worst building Facebook Twitter Pinterest Where Merkel bosses other European leaders around ... a whole street was annihilated for the Justus Lipsius building, home of the Council of the European Union This is where Angela Merkel bosses other European leaders around: the Justus Lipsius building, home of the Council of the European Union.
(10) The current CEO, the aptly named John Boss, took home $5.4m in salary and other compensation in 2015.
(11) "We are going to be working this record for the next 18 months," says the boss of Atlantic, standing on a small podium surrounded by Astroturf.
(12) It is one of six banks involved in talks with the Financial Conduct Authority over alleged rigging in currency markets and Ross McEwan, marking a year as RBS boss, also pointed to a string of other risks in a third quarter trading update.
(13) "Well…" His delightful press secretary, Lena, starts giggling as her boss tries to unknot himself from this contradiction.
(14) Memo to bosses: expect zero loyalty from your zero-hours workers | Barbara Ellen Read more Field asked them to detail the costs couriers are expected to meet themselves, such as uniform and fuel, as well as data on their average hourly rate and information about what efforts the companies go to to ensure owner-drivers are earning the “ national living wage ”.
(15) Former Marks & Spencer boss Rose, chairman of the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign, was on Monday highlighting an analysis that claimed to show EU membership was worth an average of £670,000 in extra trade for each business that exports or imports goods within the bloc.
(16) Werritty, 33, a Scottish Tory who first met Fox when the defence secretary went to speak at Edinburgh University – where Werritty was a student of public policy – had arrived in the emirate a few days earlier to set up meetings for his "boss".
(17) North American box office estimates, 8-10 April The Boss: $23.48m - NEW Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: $23.435m.
(18) A complex form of pluridistrectual dysmorphic disorder (hypertelorism, prognathism, frontal bossing, multiple cysts of the mandible, calcification in falx cerebri, etc) was also present, suggesting a limited form of Gorlin's syndrome (nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome).
(19) "How these union bosses get elected, how they raise money, how they disperse money is a complete and utter mystery.
(20) He took over from long-serving boss Bart Becht in 2011 .
Guvnor
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Example Sentences:
(1) My own top five, in no special order, would be Howard Davies's breathtaking 2010 production of Bulgakov's The White Guard, David Hare's investigative Iraq play Stuff Happens , Lee Hall's much-loved The Pitmen Painters, and Hytner's own productions of Alan Bennett's The History Boys and Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors.
(2) At the moment, the NT has a record four productions running in the West End – One Man, Two Guvnors, War Horse, Untold Stories and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – which have created an invaluable income stream against funding cuts and the credit crunch.
(3) The National theatre's Broadway version of One Man, Two Guvnors, starring James Corden as a gluttonous buffoon, has received seven nominations at this year's Tony Awards – but was trumped by the largely British creative team behind Once , which picked up 11 to lead the pack.
(4) His performance in Sir Nicholas Hytner’s production of One Man, Two Guvnors for the National Theatre, a role conceived especially for Corden, won ecstatic reviews in London and Broadway and won him, stunningly, the Tony award for best actor, beating a shortlist that included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Frank Langella and James Earl Jones.
(5) It was, though, thanks to its designers that UK theatre fared well: Mark Thompson's set and costume design for One Man, Two Guvnors were included in their respective categories, while Bob Crowley (Once) and Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll (Ghost the Musical) were recognised for their set designs.
(6) Corden won a Bafta for Gavin and Stacey and a Tony for his role as Francis Henshall in the Broadway production of One Man, Two Guvnors.
(7) This spring, said Hytner, there would be a record four National productions running in the West End: War Horse; One Man, Two Guvnors; Alan Bennett's Untold Stories; and the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, adapted from Mark Haddon's novel.
(8) Brian Reader, 77, who was known by his fellow gang members as the Guvnor or Master, was “an extremely ill man” who was blind in one eye and hard of hearing, his defence barrister, James Scobie QC, told Woolwich crown court at the start of a three-day sentencing hearing.
(9) And that’s probably a lovely thing for him to think about.” The all-rounder Born 22 August 1978 Career Achieved enormous TV success in 2007 as co-writer and star of Gavin & Stacey, leading to acclaimed performances at the National Theatre and on Broadway in One Man, Two Guvnors.
(10) James Corden performs in a scene from One Man, Two Guvnors at the 66th annual Tony Awards in New York.
(11) Hytner, for example, has even refused to take royalties from commercial transfers of his shows (including One Man, Two Guvnors and The History Boys), as part of a public-service discipline that is unlikely to be repeated by his replacement.
(12) Meanwhile, Howard Shapiro of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes "One Man, Two Guvnors is the hoot of the season" .
(13) He remade himself with One Man, Two Guvnors, which transferred to Broadway and won him a Tony award.
(14) Cumberbatch and Miller will be up against Jude Law ( Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse), Douglas Hodge ( Inadmissible Evidence , also at the Donmar), David Haig ( The Madness of George III ) and James Corden, who has reprised his starring role in One Man, Two Guvnors on Broadway.
(15) There were also nominations for Matilda in choreography, lighting, set design, costumes and sound, and one for its director, Matthew Warchus, who will compete with Sean Foley for The Ladykillers, Nicholas Hytner for One Man, Two Guvnors and Rufus Norris for London Road.
(16) Renamed One Man, Two Guvnors, it will be set in 1960s Brighton rather than 18th-century Venice.
(17) The gang’s oldest member, Brian Reader, 77, who was known by his fellow raiders as “the Guvnor” or “Master”, will be sentenced at a later date after suffering a stroke at the high-security Belmarsh prison.
(18) Here's Paul Taylor : "Corden makes a triumphant comic return to the National ... One Man, Two Guvnors, one massive hit."
(19) The Wall Street Journal's Terry Teachout sought to dampen the delirium, describing One Man, Two Guvnors as "a very long show with one brilliant scene that doesn't compensate for the acres of tedium that surround it" .
(20) But the gang’s oldest member, ringleader Brian Reader, who was known by his fellow raiders as “the Guvnor” or “Master”, was absent and will be sentenced at a later date after suffering a stroke in high-security Belmarsh prison.