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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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One-man show
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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one-man show
Also, one-man band. A person who does or manages just about everything, as in This department is a one-man show
the chairman runs it all, or John conducts the interviews, writes the articles, solicits ads, deals with the printerhe's a one-man band. This idiom alludes to the actor or artist responsible for the entire performance or exhibit, or the musician who plays every instrument in the group. [First half of 1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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