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单词 high roller
释义

high roller

or highroller

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noun Informal.

a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
a person who spends money freely for entertainment and extravagant living.
a corporation or governmental agency that invests or spends freely or recklessly.

Origin of high roller

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Words nearby high roller

high-resolution, high-rise, high-riser, high-risk, highroad, high roller, high-rolling, high school, high sea, high seas, high season
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Example sentences from the Web for high roller

  • At a high-roller Democratic fundraiser on Park Avenue last month, a California lawyer dismissed the Whitman challenge.

    The GOP's Mean Girls|Gail Sheehy|October 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
  • Seems she was a teacher, but she certainly was a high-roller—O boy!

    Main Street|Sinclair Lewis
  • I laid off, and Miles Diston took the high-roller out next trip.

    Stories of the Railroad|John A. Hill

British Dictionary definitions for high roller

high roller

noun

slang, mainly US and Canadian a person who spends money extravagantly or gambles recklessly

Derived forms of high roller

high rolling, noun, adjective
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