Usage examples (37)

• Now the "highflyer" I have referred to did not belong to this class, but except in his principles and habits and tastes, his education was quite equal to theirs.
• The "highflyer," as the second lieutenant called her every time he alluded to the blockade-runner, and the two pursuers, occupied the three angles of a triangle.
• "Oh! that's above your mark, a 'highflyer' is a bloke who dresses like
• He put it into a wireless highflyer and watched it double, which allowed him to buy his first apartment.