big six

Speech parts

1. big six - Noun

2. Big six - Proper noun

Meaning

big six (plural big sixes)

In the game of craps, a prominent space on the table where one can place a bet that the shooter will roll a six before a seven.
Coordinate term: big eight

the big six

(ecology) The six elements most used by life: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur.

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Examples

I can understand the allure of a venerable Big Six imprint, of a shot at the New York Times list, of a publisher-sponsored book tour, of seeing your hardbacks in bookstores and your paperbacks in supermarkets. Barry Eisler

A girl from Donny working for a Big Six firm was a bit daunting.” Source: Internet

As the last survivor of the Big Six, Lewis was the one who kept striving for black-white amity. Source: Internet

Burrows & Wallace, pp.654, 724, 823 Tweed became known for his ax-wielding violence, and was soon elected the Big Six foreman. Source: Internet

He was 80. Lewis was the last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Source: Internet

This is what gets lost in the hand-wringing over the mergers and rumors-of-mergers between America’s Big Six (or Big Five?) publishing houses: there are more than six publishers in this country. Source: Internet

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