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highball
noun- in the used car business, a knowingly inflated price US
- A salesman will often pitch a high ball at a customer’s trade-in, knowing he can bust it later. — Peter Mann, How to Buy a Used Car Without Getting Gypped, p. 192, 1975
- a signal to a train engineer to increase speed US, 1897
- I hid in the weeds until highball, got on again, and slept then all night long flying down the unbelievable coast[.] — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums, p. 93, 1958
- a glass of milk US
- — American Speech, p. 88, April 1946: “The language of West Coast culinary workers”
- a salute US
- A salute to a superior officer is a slam, or a highball. — New York Times, p. 34, 20 October 1958
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