Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. the boss.

1942		Sidney Mirror 14 Oct. in Baker (1945) 269: The pitch and toss has gone down th’ field of wheat.
1967		‘Whisper All Aussie Dict.’ in Kings Cross Whisper (Sydney) xxxviii 10/2: pitch and toss: The boss.
1971		J. Jones Rhy. Cockney Sl.
2002		Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 pitch and toss: the boss.

2. (Aus.) King’s Cross, the ‘bohemian’ area of Sydney.

1983

R. Aven-Bray Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 9: He was new to the pitch and toss, but he had heard that the dibs and dabs in the area could jump forty feet.