highbindern.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪˌbʌɪndə/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪˌbaɪndər/

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps compare high adj. 11.Hide-binders is apparently found later as a name for the same gang referred to in quot. 1806, and in later sources they are sometimes reported to have been a gang mainly of butchers' boys; if so, perhaps compare hide n.¹ A connection with bender n. 5 has also been suggested.

U.S. slang.

1. A violent criminal; a gangster. Also in weakened sense: an unruly or disreputable person; a rowdy, a rogue. Now rare.Originally as the name of a New York City gang in the early 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans

whitecap1607

shrove-prentice1638

Mohock?1711

sweater1712

highbinder1806

hoodlum1871

hooligan1898

hood1930

skolly1934

tear-away1938

gunsel1942

Teddy boy1954

hell's angel1956

angel1965

bikie1967

skinhead1969

bovver boy1970

boot-boy1977

casual1980

1806 N.Y. Evening Post 26 Dec. 2 A desperate association of lawless and unprincipled vagabonds, calling themselves ‘High-binders’..during the last winter, produced several riots.

1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) High-binder, a riotous fellow. New York slang.

1889 Amer. Notes & Queries 22 June 95/1 I have heard the word commonly used for forty years, usually in the sense of a ruffian or highwayman, or as a rebuke to a child, ‘You little highbinder’.

1916 E. R. Burroughs Return of Mucker 58 Some..highbinder's bound to croak you.

1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 54 There were enough of the high-binders to give the Federals the reputation which they will have for many a year after the Eighteenth Amendment is buried.

1961 New Yorker 28 Jan. 28/2 From his perky velvet dicer to the tips of his English brogues, he was as brash a highbinder as ever scurried out of Sardi's.

1983 D. C. Perry Bag Man xix. 185 ‘Who is this cold-blooded highbinder she's chasing?’... ‘Some desperado called Mappin.’

2. Originally and esp. in California: a member of a Chinese secret society or criminal gang; esp. an extortioner or an assassin. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > Chinese secret societies > member of

triadists1855

highbinder1875

boxer1899

1875 San Francisco Bull. 23 Jan. The operations of a thieving gang of Chinese, known as the Highbinders, who collect tribute from the brothels under threats of violence and murder.

1888 Public Opinion (N.Y.) 15 Dec. 193 The power of the Highbinder is the only one which the average Chinaman understands and fears.

1926 A. G. McAdie Man & Weather ii. 35 Suey Dip, an alleged Chinese highbinder, was caught by the police after the killing of another Chinaman.

1969 Black Belt Mar. 42/1 The tongs have enough highbinders with their hatchet men.

2003 I. Chang Chinese in Amer. vi. 85 The tongs jealously guarded their..property, hiring ‘highbinders’—associations of Chinese thugs.

3. derogatory. A fraudulent or unscrupulous person, originally and esp. a politician.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]

feature14..

frauderc1475

prowler1519

lurcher1528

defrauder1552

frauditor1553

taker-upc1555

verserc1555

fogger1564

Jack-in-the-box1570

gilenyer1590

foist1591

rutter1591

crossbiter1592

sharker1594

shark1600

bat-fowler1602

cheater1606

foister1610

operator1611

fraudsman1613

projector1615

smoke-sellera1618

decoy1618

firkera1626

scandaroon1631

snapa1640

cunning shaver1652

knight of industrya1658

chouse1658

cheat1664

sharper1681

jockey1683

rooker1683

fool-finder1685

rookster1697

sheep-shearer1699

bubbler1720

gyp1728

bite1742

swindler1770

pigeon1780

mace1781

gouger1790

needle1790

fly-by-night1796

sharp1797

skinner1797

diddler1803

mace cove1811

mace-gloak1819

macer1819

flat-catcher1821

moonlight wanderer1823

burner1838

Peter Funk1840

Funk1842

pigeoner1849

maceman1850

bester1856

fiddler1857

highway robber1874

bunco-steerer1875

swizzler1876

forty1879

flim-flammer1881

chouser1883

take-down1888

highbinder1890

fraud1895

Sam Slick1897

grafter1899

come-on1905

verneuker1905

gypster1917

chiseller1918

tweedler1925

rorter1926

gazumper1932

chizzer1935

sharpie1942

sharpster1942

slick1959

slickster1965

rip-off artist1968

shonky1970

rip-off merchant1971

1890 C. L. Norton Polit. Americanisms 54 Highbinders,..a term applied..to political conspirators and the like.

1903 A. H. Lewis Boss 136 He's goin' to take copies of th' accounts that show what th' Chief an' them other high-binders at the top o' Tammany have been doin'.

1952 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 10 Mar. 4/4 The winter meeting of the grand inner circle of high binders at Miami Beach.

1991 P. J. O'Rourke Parl. of Whores (1992) 25 He was turning into a pol, another spoils-mongering highbinder and wire-puller, one more bum on the plush.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	highbinder
释义	highbindern. Brit. /ˈhʌɪˌbʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌbaɪndər/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps compare high adj. 11.Hide-binders is apparently found later as a name for the same gang referred to in quot. 1806, and in later sources they are sometimes reported to have been a gang mainly of butchers' boys; if so, perhaps compare hide n.¹ A connection with bender n. 5 has also been suggested. U.S. slang. 1. A violent criminal; a gangster. Also in weakened sense: an unruly or disreputable person; a rowdy, a rogue. Now rare.Originally as the name of a New York City gang in the early 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans whitecap1607 shrove-prentice1638 Mohock?1711 sweater1712 highbinder1806 hoodlum1871 hooligan1898 hood1930 skolly1934 tear-away1938 gunsel1942 Teddy boy1954 hell's angel1956 angel1965 bikie1967 skinhead1969 bovver boy1970 boot-boy1977 casual1980 1806 N.Y. Evening Post 26 Dec. 2 A desperate association of lawless and unprincipled vagabonds, calling themselves ‘High-binders’..during the last winter, produced several riots. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) High-binder, a riotous fellow. New York slang. 1889 Amer. Notes & Queries 22 June 95/1 I have heard the word commonly used for forty years, usually in the sense of a ruffian or highwayman, or as a rebuke to a child, ‘You little highbinder’. 1916 E. R. Burroughs Return of Mucker 58 Some..highbinder's bound to croak you. 1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 54 There were enough of the high-binders to give the Federals the reputation which they will have for many a year after the Eighteenth Amendment is buried. 1961 New Yorker 28 Jan. 28/2 From his perky velvet dicer to the tips of his English brogues, he was as brash a highbinder as ever scurried out of Sardi's. 1983 D. C. Perry Bag Man xix. 185 ‘Who is this cold-blooded highbinder she's chasing?’... ‘Some desperado called Mappin.’ 2. Originally and esp. in California: a member of a Chinese secret society or criminal gang; esp. an extortioner or an assassin. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > Chinese secret societies > member of triadists1855 highbinder1875 boxer1899 1875 San Francisco Bull. 23 Jan. The operations of a thieving gang of Chinese, known as the Highbinders, who collect tribute from the brothels under threats of violence and murder. 1888 Public Opinion (N.Y.) 15 Dec. 193 The power of the Highbinder is the only one which the average Chinaman understands and fears. 1926 A. G. McAdie Man & Weather ii. 35 Suey Dip, an alleged Chinese highbinder, was caught by the police after the killing of another Chinaman. 1969 Black Belt Mar. 42/1 The tongs have enough highbinders with their hatchet men. 2003 I. Chang Chinese in Amer. vi. 85 The tongs jealously guarded their..property, hiring ‘highbinders’—associations of Chinese thugs. 3. derogatory. A fraudulent or unscrupulous person, originally and esp. a politician. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 1890 C. L. Norton Polit. Americanisms 54 Highbinders,..a term applied..to political conspirators and the like. 1903 A. H. Lewis Boss 136 He's goin' to take copies of th' accounts that show what th' Chief an' them other high-binders at the top o' Tammany have been doin'. 1952 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 10 Mar. 4/4 The winter meeting of the grand inner circle of high binders at Miami Beach. 1991 P. J. O'Rourke Parl. of Whores (1992) 25 He was turning into a pol, another spoils-mongering highbinder and wire-puller, one more bum on the plush. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1806
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