highballer
highballer noun: a worker or crew in logging operating at a high rate of speed, typically in a smooth and efficient manner.
Noun
highballer (plural highballers)
- A worker or crew in logging operating at a high rate of speed, typically in a smooth and efficient manner.
- He was a highballer. This scar under my eye here is where he handed me the dump wrench one time when I wasn't watching. He never bothered to look.1954, Queen's Quarterly, volume 61, page 63
- The final hour of the day to a highballer is what the final few metres of track are to an Olympic sprinter. (Fact: a highballer will expend significantly more calories in a single day than a runner will during a full marathon, […]2019, Greg Nolan, Highballer: True Tales from a Treeplanting Life
- Synonym of highball glass, a tall glass tumbler used for serving highballs.
- Men who played the asshole card usually enjoyed consistent success with uneducated women. So why was Emma pouring the Masterpiece bourbon into a highballer instead of splashing it in this guy's face?2008, Kylie Adams, Beautiful Liars
- Synonyms:
- highball glass
Synonyms of highballer
Forms of highballer
| plural | highballers |
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Origin of highballer
From highball + -er.
Questions about highballer
- What does highballer mean?
- Highballer means a worker or crew in logging operating at a high rate of speed, typically in a smooth and efficient manner.
- What part of speech is highballer?
- Highballer is a noun.
- What is the plural of highballer?
- The plural of highballer is highballers.
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