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high-binder

high-binder is the alternative form of highbinder.

Meaning of highbinder

Noun

highbinder (plural highbinders)

  1. (US, obsolete) A ruffian, especially one of a gang.
  2. (US, obsolete) A member of one of several Chinese criminal gangs associated with illegal immigration and prostitution.
  3. (US, dated) A swindler, especially a corrupt politician.
    • Well, I sent for him not an hour ago; he's goin' to take copies of th' accounts that show what th' Chief an' them other highbinders at the top o' Tammany have been doin'.1903, Alfred Henry Lewis, The boss, and how he came to rule New York, page 177

Forms of high-binder

pluralhigh-binders

Questions about high-binder

What is high-binder the alternative form of?
High-binder is the alternative form of highbinder.

Words near high-binder in the dictionary

  1. high yo-yos
  2. high-accuracy
  3. high-backed
  4. high-beam
  5. high-beams
  6. high-binder
  7. high-binders
  8. high-blown
  9. high-boiling
  10. high-born
  11. high-budget

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