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Meaning: (idiomatic)Any person who iswell-knownorimportant, especially one who hasprominentsocialstanding.1895,Oscar Wilde,The Importance of Being Earnest[…],[Act II]:Gwendolen:Personally I cannot understand how anybody manages to exist in the country, ifanybody who is anybodydoes. The country always bores me to death.1992March 10, Woody Hochswender, “Patterns”, inNew York Times, retrieved13 June 2017:Vogue magazine, meanwhile, is holding a big cocktail party on Tuesday with photographers, models, designers andanybody who is anybodyin Milan.2010June 29, Christopher Hume, “On her 22nd visit to Canada, Her Majesty stops the rain”, inThe Star, Canada, retrieved13 June 2017:Still,anybody who is anybodymanaged to wrangle an invitation to the event. That included Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen, Governor General Michaélle Jean, Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter and a bevy of soggy dignitaries.
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