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Highball   Listen
noun
highball  n.  
1.
An alcoholic beverage having a liquor such as whiskey mixed with water or a carbonated beverage, and usually served with ice in a tall glass.
2.
(Railroads) A railroad track signal permitting the engineer to proceed at full speed.





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"Highball" Quotes from Famous Books



... was expanding under the influence of the Scotch highball and his cigar. Little acts of kindness on Archie's part, here a cigar, there a lunch, at another time seats for the theatre, began to rise to the surface of his memory like rainbow-coloured ...
— The Man Upstairs and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse
... 'me and my Y. M.' didn't like it. Now don't let me keep you, Ericson. I suppose you'll be wanting to join dear Mr. Frazer in a highball; you're such a pet of his. Did he teach you to booze? I ...
— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis
... biceps for me to feel. It was a ball of iron under my fingers. The man was as strong as an ox. He smiled at my surprise, and, after looking to see that no one was in sight, offered to mix me a highball from a decanter ...
— The After House • Mary Roberts Rinehart


Words linked to "Highball" :   Tom Collins, mint julep, zombi, julep, zombie, cobbler, sling, Scotch and soda


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