whale

whale
 n.— «In the parlance of the casino industry, a huge bettor like Mr. Kashiwagi is a “whale,” which surely makes Mr. Trump his Ahab.» —by Robert Johnson Wall Street Journal June 28, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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