"big-timer" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From big time + -er.",
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          "ref": "1992, Shashi Tharoor, Show Business: A Novel, page 144:",
          "text": "The small-timers, as he put it, kept their currency in their homes, in safes, in false ceilings, under beds. When necessary, our tax people know where to look. The big-timers, however, use Swiss banks.",
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        "A major player in the field in question: someone who is in the big time"
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  "etymology_text": "From big time + -er.",
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