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Definition

A person or thing of consequence.

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In Context

  • "June 21, 1848, N.Y. Herald General Cass is some pumpkins, and will do the needful in the office line, if he is elected."
  • "I’ve just run down from Ulster County to look at the town, bein’ that the hayin’s over with. Gosh! but it’s a whopper. I thought Poughkeepsie was some punkins^([sic]); but this here town is five times as big."
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Opposite In Meaning