BIG LEAGUES

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BIG LEAGUES

"BIG LEAGUES" is a plural of: big league.

Specialty Definition: BIG LEAGUES

Domain	Definition
Slang	Noun. Source: An allusion to the professional/major leagues of the sport of baseball. Definition: A higher, more serious level of crime than petty theft. Where the stakes are much higher and one must be 18 years of age. Context: Used among officers. Social Source: Young Law Enforcement Officers. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Usage: BIG LEAGUES

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	This is your chance to manage in the big leagues. (Major League; writing credit: David S. Ward)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: BIG LEAGUES

Domain	Title
Books	The Hit Men and the Kid Who Batted Ninth: Biggio, Valentin, Vaughn & Robinson: Together Again in the Big Leagues (reference) A History of Basketball for Girls and Women: From Bloomers to Big Leagues (reference) Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Familiar Quotations: BIG LEAGUES

Author	Quotation
Joe Dimaggio	A ball player has got to be kept hungry be become a big leaguer. That is why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Anagrams: BIG LEAGUES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-g-g-i-l-s-u"
	-2 letters: beguiles.
	-3 letters: baggies, bailees, beagles, beguile, belugas, buggies, leagues, luggies, useable.
	-4 letters: abeles, abseil, aggies, bagels, baggie, bailee, beagle, beiges, belgas, belies, beluga, bilges, bugles, bulges, eagles, gabies, gables, gauges, gigues, glebae, glebes, guiles, gulags, league, lieges, ligase, luggie, silage, suable, uglies, usable.
	-5 letters: abele, ables, abuse, aegis, aggie, agile, aglee, agues, aisle, bagel.
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Alternative Orthography: BIG LEAGUES

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 49 47 4C 45 41 47 55 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01001001 01000111 00100000 01001100 01000101 01000001 01000111 01010101 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#73 &#71 &#32 &#76 &#69 &#65 &#71 &#85 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0049 0047 004C 0045 0041 0047 0055 0045 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

364341246393541553953

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Familiar

5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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