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high roller
noun- a gambler who makes large bets and spends freely US, 1881
- And when Sinatra opened in Vegas, the high rollers gathered, along with the not so high rollers who enjoyed rubbing elbows with the rich. — Donald Goines, Kenyatta’s Last Hit, p. 204, 1975
- [T]op-hatting his way around race meetings, sipping fine wines with the high rollers. — Diran Abedayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 33, 2000
- in television and film-making, a large, tall, three-legged light stand US
- — Ralph S. Singleton, Filmaker’s Dictionary, p. 81, 1990
- a drug dealer US
- “I ain’t no high roller, but I make money for myself.” — Leon Bing, Do or Die, p. 33, 1991
- Back in 1980, unlike today, there were no “high rollers,” or “ballers,” substantially anchored in any particular ’hood[.] — Sanyika Shakur, Monster, p. 72, 1993
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