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High roller   /haɪ rˈoʊlər/   Listen
High roller

noun
1.
One who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment.  Synonym: big spender.
2.
A gambler who wagers large sums.






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"High roller" Quotes from Famous Books



... a very high roller, on the top of which they leap from behind, lying face downwards on their boards. As the wave speeds on, and the bottom strikes the ground, the top breaks into a huge comber. The swimmers but appeared posing themselves on its highest edge by dexterous movements of their hands and feet, ...
— The Hawaiian Archipelago • Isabella L. Bird

... "debts of honor." This buying of titles, however, is but one way by which the millionaires are beggaring the American people. So much of their time is now spent over there that they have come to look upon the United States as their rented farm, and Europe as the place where they, in their high roller way, must get rid of its income. Call to mind the millionaire families who live a large part of their time in Europe. Call to mind those who have made Europe their permanent home, with their income drawn from the United States. Call to mind the great European estates, ...
— Confiscation, An Outline • William Greenwood



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