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CTL-W-0311 · Work · 1990s

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Green's Dictionary of Slang (entry 'shot, n.1,' fetched in full): shot-caller (n.) 'a person who has authority or takes the lead in saying what should happen.' Dated citations run 1950 (Portsmouth Herald, 13 Sept.), 1960, 1968 (Hy Lit's Dict. of Hip Words, with a different gloss: 'to make a prediction which later becomes a reality'), 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2019, 2020.

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Green's Dictionary of Slang (entry 'shot, n.1,' fetched in full): shot-caller (n.) 'a person who has authority or takes the lead in saying what should happen.' Dated citations run 1950 (Portsmouth Herald, 13 Sept.), 1960, 1968 (Hy Lit's Dict. of Hip Words, with a different gloss: 'to make a prediction which later becomes a reality'), 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2019, 2020.

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Green's Dictionary of Slang (entry 'shot, n.1,' fetched in full): shot-caller (n.) 'a person who has authority or takes the lead in saying what should happen.' Dated citations run 1950 (Portsmouth Herald, 13 Sept.), 1960, 1968 (Hy Lit's Dict. of Hip Words, with a different gloss: 'to make a prediction which later becomes a reality'), 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2019, 2020.

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