Bigwig in charge

Usage examples of honcho.

In one of the chairs, reclining, smiling except for the gimlety green eyes, was Honcho.

That premise was backed up by examples of hospitals and HMOs gone bust, and interviews with financial honchos, one of them George Plumb, formerly CEO of MGS Healthcare Consultants, Pittsburgh, and currently CEO of Western Pediatric Medical Center, Los Angeles.

He decided otherwise: Chait was no doubt inside the van with the Chinese honcho.

Not just our honchos, our honchos have to consult with the honchos from all the operating companies because they own a helluva lot of the switches you want to diddle with.

And I also suspect you were assigned to my case because the honchos too know your distaste for research.

Maybe with her defending him, the honchos did feel assured of getting a conviction.

Last Thursday, such an event was staged by two honchos of the Cuban American National Foundation.

No sooner had McDougall uttered the words than tourism-industry honchos launched a dyspeptic counterattack.

Buck needed a nice set for the demo movie he was going to make to show the honchos from Oregon.

Four young Wall Street honchos arrived, all in white tennis shorts, new running shoes, and new fishing hats.

General Funkhauser, one of the honchos at Allied Aviation in Los Angeles, wanted a consultation on the F6Q-1, which was approaching the time when prototypes would be coming into production.

Immediately afterward, the young honcho heading Kennedy's wagon in the barrios told us RFK has the same idea.

Sure, you'll hear tell of some high-placed corporate honcho or honchita horndogging after a bit of crumpet, but you can bet your T-bills that they lock up their assets first.

I put in a good word for you, but when the honchos came here from Dix and looked at all the blanks in the sign-in book, the shit hit the fan.

I am the head honcho, and believe me Master Fowl is going to realize that too when I'm finished talking to him.