"high pillow" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-high pillow.ogg [Australia] Forms: high pillows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} high pillow (plural high pillows)
  1. (US, slang, dated) The boss; the man in charge. Tags: US, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-high_pillow-en-noun-L8aNkHS- Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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