Crossword clues for pooh-bah
pooh-bah
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pooh-bah
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ the pooh-bahs down at city hall
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pooh-bah
"leader who maintains excessive bureaucratic control," 1888, from Pooh-Bah, the name of the "Lord High Everything Else" character in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" (1885).
Wiktionary
pooh-bah
n. (alternative form of poobah English)
WordNet
pooh-bah
n. an arrogant or conceited person of importance [syn: high-muck-a-muck]
Usage examples of "pooh-bah".
Then a trick to beat Liebig flashed into his head, a crafty trick, a simple clear experiment that would smash Liebig and all other pooh-bahs of chemistry who scorned the important work that his precious microscopic creatures might do.
You’re like those Hollywood pooh-bahs in that hotel bar, like the politician and her handlers that I snared in San Francisco.